What does ingrassare in Italian mean?
What is the meaning of the word ingrassare in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use ingrassare in Italian.
The word ingrassare in Italian means put on weight, fatten, make look fat, lubricate, grease, enrich, fatten up. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word ingrassare
put on weightverbo intransitivo (aumentare di peso) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") Troppo pane ti farà ingrassare. Too much bread will make you gain weight. |
fattenverbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (far aumentare di peso) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") I maiali vengono ingrassati e poi macellati. Pigs are fattened up and then butchered. |
make look fatverbo intransitivo (far sembrare grasso) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") Le maglie a righe ingrassano. ⓘQuesta frase non è una traduzione della frase inglese. That suit makes you look fat. |
lubricate, greaseverbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (oliare) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Quella porta ha bisogno di essere ingrassata per non cigolare. The door needs to be greased so it will not creak. |
enrich, fatten upverbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (peggiorativo (far guadagnare) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") I fondi stanziati a favore della cultura non dovrebbero servire solo a ingrassare qualche istituzione privata vicina ai politici. The funds allocated to culture should not be used to just enrich those few institutions which have close ties to politicians. |
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