engrosar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese engrossar, from en- + groso (big, thick) + -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [eŋɡɾoˈsaɾ]

Verb

engrosar (first-person singular present engroso, first-person singular preterite engrosei, past participle engrosado)

  1. to swell, grow
    Synonym: medrar
  2. to increase
    Synonyms: aumentar, medrar

Conjugation

References

  • engrosar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • engros” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • engrosar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • engrosar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
  • engrosar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Spanish

Etymology

From en- + grueso + -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /enɡɾoˈsaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡɾoˈsaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧gro‧sar

Verb

engrosar (first-person singular present engrueso or engroso, first-person singular preterite engrosé, past participle engrosado)

  1. to swell up, thicken
  2. to increase

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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