What does engordar in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word engordar in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use engordar in Spanish.

The word engordar in Spanish means gain weight, put on weight, make fat, fatten up, inflate, pad. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word engordar

gain weight, put on weight

verbo intransitivo (ganar peso)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Tengo que dejar de comer tanto; si sigo así, voy a engordar. Pablo engordó dos kilos durante las vacaciones.
I have to stop eating so much. If I keep eating like this I am going to put on weight.

make fat

verbo intransitivo (coloquial (hacer ganar peso)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
La comida rápida engorda mucho.
Fast food makes people fat.

fatten up

verbo transitivo (cebar animales) (animal)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Para engordar a los cerdos les da de comer piensos naturales.
We give the pigs natural feed to fatten them up.

inflate, pad

verbo transitivo (figurado, coloquial (exagerar) (figurative)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Nos intentó engañar al engordar las cifras de ventas.
He tried to deceive us by inflating the sales figures.

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