WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| engorda nf | CL, EC, MX (ceba del ganado) (agriculture: of livestock) | fattening n |
| engorda nf | CL, MX (animales cebados) (agriculture) | fattened animals adj + n |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| engordar⇒ vi | (hacerse más gordo) | gain weight, put on weight v expr |
| | (excess of weight) | get fat, become overweight vi + adj |
| | (UK) | get stout v expr |
| | (shape) | fill out vi phrasal |
| | Tengo que dejar de comer tanto; si sigo así, voy a engordar. |
| | El rostro del enfermo engordó y ya se ve más saludable. |
| | I have to stop eating so much; if I keep on like this I am going to put on weight. |
| | The sick man's face filled out and he looks healthier now. |
| engordar [+ cantidad] vi | (ganar peso) | put on vtr phrasal insep |
| | | gain⇒ vtr |
| | Pablo engordó dos kilos durante las vacaciones. |
| | Pablo put on two kilos on holiday. |
| engordar⇒ vi | coloquial (hacer ganar peso) | make [sb] fat v expr |
| | La comida rápida engorda mucho. |
| | Fast food makes people fat. |
| Additional Translations |
| engordar vtr | (cebar animales) (animal) | fatten up vtr phrasal sep |
| | | fatten⇒ vtr |
| | Para engordar a los cerdos les da de comer piensos naturales. |
| | He gives the pigs natural feed to fatten them up. |
| engordar vtr | figurado, coloquial (exagerar) (figurative) | inflate⇒, pad⇒ vtr |
| | | exaggerate⇒ vtr |
| | | swell⇒ vtr |
| | Nos intentó engañar al engordar las cifras de ventas. |
| | He tried to deceive us by inflating the sales figures. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
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