engordar

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eŋɡoɾˈðaɾ]

Verb

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of engordar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	engordar
Personal	engordar	engordares	engordar	engordarmos	engordardes	engordaren
Gerund
	engordando
Past participle
Masculine	engordado			engordados
Feminine	engordada			engordadas
Indicative
Present	engordo	engordas	engorda	engordamos	engordades	engordan
Imperfect	engordaba	engordabas	engordaba	engordabamos	engordabades	engordaban
Preterite	engordei	engordaches	engordou	engordamos	engordastes	engordaron
Pluperfect	engordara	engordaras	engordara	engordaramos	engordarades	engordaran
Future	engordarei	engordarás	engordará	engordaremos	engordaredes	engordarán
Conditional	engordaría	engordarías	engordaría	engordariamos	engordariades	engordarían
Subjunctive
Present	engorde	engordes	engorde	engordemos	engordedes	engorden
Imperfect	engordase	engordases	engordase	engordásemos	engordásedes	engordasen
Future	engordar	engordares	engordar	engordarmos	engordardes	engordaren
Imperative
Affirmative		engorda	engorde	engordemos	engordade	engorden
Negative (non)		non engordes	non engorde	non engordemos	non engordedes	non engorden

    Reintegrated conjugation of engordar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	engordar
Personal	engordar	engordares	engordar	engordarmos	engordardes	engordarem
Gerund
	engordando
Past participle
Masculine	engordado			engordados
Feminine	engordada			engordadas
Indicative
Present	engordo	engordas	engorda	engordamos	engordades, engordais	engordam
Imperfect	engordava	engordavas	engordava	engordávamos	engordávades, engordáveis, engordávais1	engordavam
Preterite	engordei	engordaste, engordache1	engordou	engordamos	engordastes	engordárom, engordaram
Pluperfect	engordara	engordaras	engordara	engordáramos	engordárades, engordáreis, engordárais1	engordaram
Future	engordarei	engordarás	engordará	engordaremos	engordaredes, engordareis	engordarám, engordarão
Conditional	engordaria	engordarias	engordaria	engordaríamos	engordaríades, engordaríeis, engordaríais1	engordariam
Subjunctive
Present	engorde	engordes	engorde	engordemos	engordedes, engordeis	engordem
Imperfect	engordasse	engordasses	engordasse	engordássemos	engordássedes, engordásseis	engordassem
Future	engordar	engordares	engordar	engordarmos	engordardes	engordarem
Imperative
Affirmative		engorda	engorde	engordemos	engordade, engordai	engordem
Negative (nom)		nom engordes	nom engorde	nom engordemos	nom engordedes, nom engordeis	nom engordem

¹Less recommended.

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “engord”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• 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, 2012–2024
• 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

Portuguese

Etymology

From en- +‎ gordo (“fat”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡoʁˈda(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ɡoɦˈda(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡoʁˈda(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ɡoɦˈda(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡoʁˈda(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ɡoɦˈda(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡoʁˈda(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ɡoɦˈda(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡoɾˈda(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡoɾˈda(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡoʁˈda(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ɡoʁˈda(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡoʁˈda(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ɡoʁˈda(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡoɻˈda(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡoɻˈda(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ɡuɾˈdaɾ/ [ẽ.ɡuɾˈðaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ɡuɾˈdaɾ/ [ẽ.ɡuɾˈðaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ɡuɾˈda.ɾi/ [ẽ.ɡuɾˈða.ɾi]

Verb

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.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of engordar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	engordar
Personal	engordar	engordares	engordar	engordarmos	engordardes	engordarem
Gerund
	engordando
Past participle
Masculine	engordado			engordados
Feminine	engordada			engordadas
Indicative
Present	engordo	engordas	engorda	engordamos	engordais	engordam
Imperfect	engordava	engordavas	engordava	engordávamos	engordáveis	engordavam
Preterite	engordei	engordaste	engordou	engordamos1, engordámos2	engordastes	engordaram
Pluperfect	engordara	engordaras	engordara	engordáramos	engordáreis	engordaram
Future	engordarei	engordarás	engordará	engordaremos	engordareis	engordarão
Conditional	engordaria	engordarias	engordaria	engordaríamos	engordaríeis	engordariam
Subjunctive
Present	engorde	engordes	engorde	engordemos	engordeis	engordem
Imperfect	engordasse	engordasses	engordasse	engordássemos	engordásseis	engordassem
Future	engordar	engordares	engordar	engordarmos	engordardes	engordarem
Imperative
Affirmative		engorda	engorde	engordemos	engordai	engordem
Negative (não)		não engordes	não engorde	não engordemos	não engordeis	não engordem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Antonyms

• adelgaçar, emagrecer

Related terms

• engorda
• engordado
• engordamento
• engordativo
• engorde
• engordo
• gordo
• gordura

 

Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ gordo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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 (lyrics and music), “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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of engordar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			engordar
gerund			engordando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		engordado		engordada
		plural		engordados		engordadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	engordo	engordastú engordásvos	engorda	engordamos	engordáis	engordan
	imperfect	engordaba	engordabas	engordaba	engordábamos	engordabais	engordaban
	preterite	engordé	engordaste	engordó	engordamos	engordasteis	engordaron
	future	engordaré	engordarás	engordará	engordaremos	engordaréis	engordarán
	conditional	engordaría	engordarías	engordaría	engordaríamos	engordaríais	engordarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	engorde	engordestú engordésvos2	engorde	engordemos	engordéis	engorden
	imperfect (ra)	engordara	engordaras	engordara	engordáramos	engordarais	engordaran
	imperfect (se)	engordase	engordases	engordase	engordásemos	engordaseis	engordasen
	future1	engordare	engordares	engordare	engordáremos	engordareis	engordaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		engordatú engordávos	engorde	engordemos	engordad	engorden
	negative		no engordes	no engorde	no engordemos	no engordéis	no engorden

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of engordar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive engordar
	dative	engordarme	engordarte	engordarle, engordarse	engordarnos	engordaros	engordarles, engordarse
	accusative	engordarme	engordarte	engordarlo, engordarla, engordarse	engordarnos	engordaros	engordarlos, engordarlas, engordarse
with gerund engordando
	dative	engordándome	engordándote	engordándole, engordándose	engordándonos	engordándoos	engordándoles, engordándose
	accusative	engordándome	engordándote	engordándolo, engordándola, engordándose	engordándonos	engordándoos	engordándolos, engordándolas, engordándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative engorda
	dative	engórdame	engórdate	engórdale	engórdanos	not used	engórdales
	accusative	engórdame	engórdate	engórdalo, engórdala	engórdanos	not used	engórdalos, engórdalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative engordá
	dative	engordame	engordate	engordale	engordanos	not used	engordales
	accusative	engordame	engordate	engordalo, engordala	engordanos	not used	engordalos, engordalas
with formal second-person singular imperative engorde
	dative	engórdeme	not used	engórdele, engórdese	engórdenos	not used	engórdeles
	accusative	engórdeme	not used	engórdelo, engórdela, engórdese	engórdenos	not used	engórdelos, engórdelas
with first-person plural imperative engordemos
	dative	not used	engordémoste	engordémosle	engordémonos	engordémoos	engordémosles
	accusative	not used	engordémoste	engordémoslo, engordémosla	engordémonos	engordémoos	engordémoslos, engordémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative engordad
	dative	engordadme	not used	engordadle	engordadnos	engordaos	engordadles
	accusative	engordadme	not used	engordadlo, engordadla	engordadnos	engordaos	engordadlos, engordadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative engorden
	dative	engórdenme	not used	engórdenle	engórdennos	not used	engórdenles, engórdense
	accusative	engórdenme	not used	engórdenlo, engórdenla	engórdennos	not used	engórdenlos, engórdenlas, engórdense

Derived terms

• el ojo del amo engorda al caballo
• lo que no mata, engorda

 

Related terms

• gordo

 

Further reading

• “engordar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28