engodrar

Ladino

Etymology

From en- +‎ godro +‎ -ar. Cognate with Spanish engordar.

Verb

engodrar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אינגודראר)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to fatten

   Synonym: engodreser

   Antonym: aflakar

   • 1940, La boz de Türkiye‎^[1], numbers 11-34, page 75:

     Para cada actividad, tomar mas de estas calorias es engodrar, tomar menos es aflacar, tomar lo justo es estar en equilibro.

     For each activity, taking more of these calories is to fatten, taking fewer is to thin, taking the right amount is to be in equilibrium.

2. (reflexive) to gain weight (become fatter)

   Synonym: engodreser

   Antonym: aflakar

   • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, זיקנתך כבחרותך‎^[2], page 142:

     […] mos fuimos en luna de miel a París, i yo empesí a engodrarme ... i engodrarme. El prenyado a mí me yakishea muncho.

     we left to have our honeymoon in Paris, and I started to gain weight ... and gain weight. I look so much like I am pregnant.