engordar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.ɡoʁˈda(ʁ)/
engordar is spelled E-N-G-O-R-D-A-R (8 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,080th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engordar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to fatten, to get fat, to become fat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar gordo”.
What does engordar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fatten, to get fat, to become fat
João engordou dez quilos de um mês para cá.
- 2
to make one fat
Pão engorda.
- 3
to fatten (e.g. an animal, for butchering)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar gordo 2. cevar 3. nutrir
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of engordar
- engordo first-person present singular
- engordei first-person preterite singular
- engordado participle past
- engordares infinitive second-person singular
- engordarmos first-person infinitive plural
- engordardes infinitive plural second-person
- engordarem infinitive plural third-person
- engordando gerund
- engordados masculine participle past
- engordada feminine participle past
- engordadas feminine participle past
- engordas indicative present second-person
- engorda indicative present singular
- engordamos first-person indicative plural
- engordais indicative plural present
- engordam indicative plural present
- engordava first-person imperfect indicative
- engordavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engordar?
- Brazil /ẽ.ɡoʁˈda(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.ɡoɦˈda(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.ɡoʁˈda(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
engordar appears 2.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).