portly

• Adjetivo utilizado para describir a una persona, especialmente un hombre, que es bastante grueso y pesado, pero que aparenta ser imponente o majestuoso.

An adjective used to describe a person, especially a man, who is rather fat and heavy in a dignified or stately way.

1. Stout or heavy-setB2formal

   A polite or euphemistic way to describe someone who is overweight or has a large, heavy body.

   Corpulento, obeso

   • The portly gentleman struggled to fit into the small chair.
   • A portly chef emerged from the kitchen, wiping his hands on his apron.
   • The portrait showed a portly king dressed in royal robes.

   Sinónimosamplebigbulkyburlychubbycorpulentfleshylargeoverweightpaunchyplumprotundstout

   Antónimosgauntleanskinnyslenderslimthin