engordar
Spanish, verb/enɡoɾˈdaɾ/
engordar is spelled E-N-G-O-R-D-A-R (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,151st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engordar is a Spanish verb meaning “to get fat, grow fat, fatten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar de comer a un animal para volverlo gordo; cebar”.
What does engordar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to get fat, grow fat, fatten
- 2
to cause to be fatter, fatten
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar de comer a un animal para volverlo gordo; cebar.
verb: 1. Volverse alguien gordo. 2. Referido a un alimento, un estilo de vida, etc. Causar gordura. 3. Enriquecerse.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of engordar
- engordo first-person present singular
- engordé first-person preterite singular
- engordado participle past
- engordando gerund
- engordada feminine participle past
- engordados masculine participle past
- engordadas feminine participle past
- engordas indicative informal present
- engordás indicative informal present
- engorda indicative present singular
- engordamos first-person indicative plural
- engordáis indicative plural present
- engordan indicative plural present
- engordaba first-person imperfect indicative
- engordabas imperfect indicative second-person
- engordábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- engordabais imperfect indicative plural
- engordaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engordar?
- /enɡoɾˈdaɾ/
- [ẽŋ.ɡoɾˈð̞aɾ]
- [ẽŋgoɾˈð̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to engordar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is engordar in Spanish?
engordar appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).