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Italian
Etymology
From in- + grasso + -are Compare French engraisser, Dalmatian engrassur, Spanish engrasar, Romanian îngrășa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.ɡrasˈsa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: in‧gras‧sà‧re
Verb
ingrassàre (first-person singular present ingràsso, first-person singular past historic ingrassài, past participle ingrassàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to fatten, to lard
- (transitive) to oil or lubricate
- Antonym: sgrassare
- (transitive, agriculture) to fertilize (soil)
- Synonym: concimare
- (intransitive) to get fat, to gain weight
- Synonym: prendere peso
- Antonym: dimagrire
- (intransitive, figurative) to get rich
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