engordar

Attested since circa 1409. From en- +‎ gordo (“fat”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): [eŋɡoɾˈðaɾ]

engordar (first-person singular present engordo, first-person singular preterite engordei, past participle engordado)

1. (intransitive) to fatten; to grow fat; to get fat

   Antonym: adelgazar

2. (transitive) to fatten; to make fat

   Synonym: cebar

   Antonym: adelgazar

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “engord”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “engordar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “engordar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “engordar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “engordar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “engordar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From en- +‎ gordo (“fat”) +‎ -ar.

engordar (first-person singular present engordo, first-person singular preterite engordei, past participle engordado)

1. (a person or animal) to fatten (to become fatter)

   João engordou dez quilos de um mês para cá.

   John became ten kilograms fatter from one month ago to now.

2. (a food or nutrient) to fatten (to cause to be fatter)

   Pão engorda. ― Bread makes you fat.

• adelgaçar, emagrecer

From en- +‎ gordo +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /enɡoɾˈdaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡoɾˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧gor‧dar

engordar (first-person singular present engordo, first-person singular preterite engordé, past participle engordado)

1. (intransitive) to get fat, grow fat, fatten

   Antonyms: adelgazar, enflacar

   • 1996, Pau Donés, “La Flaca”, performed by Jarabe De Palo:

     Y bailar y bailar, y tomar y tomar / Una cerveza tras otra pero ella nunca engorda

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (transitive) to cause to be fatter, fatten

   Antonym: adelgazar

• “engordar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024