fatten up

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar a ação de engordar alguém ou algo, geralmente aumentando a quantidade de comida, ou de aumentar o tamanho ou a quantidade de algo.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of making someone or something fatter, often by feeding them more, or to increase the size or quantity of something.

incontável · transitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Make or become fatterinformal

   To cause an animal or person to gain weight, often for health or market purposes.

   Engordar

   • The farmer is fattening up the pigs for market.
   • She is trying to fatten up her skinny cat with extra food.
   • They fattened up the cattle before the winter.

   Sinônimosbuild upfattenflesh outplump up

   Antônimosemaciateleanreduceslimthin

2. Increase in size or valueinformal

   To make something larger, more substantial, or more profitable.

   Aumentar

   • The company is fattening up its portfolio with new acquisitions.
   • He fattened up his savings account by working overtime.
   • The investor fattened up his returns by selling at the right time.

   Sinônimosaugmentbeef upboostbuild upenhanceenlargeexpandincrease

   Antônimosdecreasereduceshrink

Verbo basefatten