engrosar

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

• IPA^(key):

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

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “engrosar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “engros”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “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.

From en- +‎ grueso +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /enɡɾoˈsaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧gro‧sar

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

1. to swell up, thicken
2. to increase

• “engrosar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014