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 Xosé 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “engros”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “engrosar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “engrosar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “engrosar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28