| Principal Translations |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
| fattening adj | (causing weight gain) | que engorda loc adj |
| | | que hace engordar loc adj |
| | I don't eat sweets very often because they're fattening. |
| | No como caramelos muy a menudo porque son cosas que engordan. |
| fattening n | (livestock: making fat) (ganadería) | engorde nm |
| | Fattening of the hogs is done throughout the summer. |
| | El engorde de los cerdos se hace durante el verano. |
| Principal Translations |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
| fatten [sth]⇒ vtr | (animal: feed up for slaughter) (animales) | engordar⇒ vtr |
| | | cebar⇒ vtr |
| | The farmer fattens the hogs throughout the summer. |
| | El granjero engorda a los cerdos durante el verano. |
| | El granjero ceba a los cerdos durante el verano. |
| fatten [sth] vtr | figurative (enrich: soil) | fertilizar⇒ vtr |
| | | abonar⇒ vtr |
| | The farmer fattened his land with a new fertilizer, which resulted in a significantly larger harvest. |
| Locuciones verbales |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
fatten [sth] up,
fatten up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (feed animal for slaughter) | cebar⇒ vtr |
| | | engordar⇒ vtr |
| | The farmer fattened up the pig and sold it at the local market. |
| | El granjero cebó el cerdo y lo vendió en el mercado local. |
fatten [sth] up,
fatten up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (increase depth of sound) | subir el volumen de loc verb + prep |
| | The engineers fattened up the sound of the track in the studio. |
| | Los ingenieros subieron el volumen de la pista en el estudio. |
'fattening' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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