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"fat" in seven languages

Meaningfat

Spanish

gordo

/ˈgoɾdo/

other source · Latin GURDUM 'dull, stupid'

French

gros

/gʁo/

other source · Latin GROSSUM 'thick'

fem.: grosse

Also simply 'big': un gros problème.

Italian

grasso

/ˈgrasso/

inherited

Portuguese

gordo

/ˈɡoɾdu/

other source · Latin GURDUM 'dull, stupid'

Romanian

gras

/ɡras/

inherited

Catalan

gras

/ɡɾas/

inherited

English

fat

/fæt/

native English · Old English fǣtt

English → ItalianfatgrassoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: crass.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

CRASSUM‘thick, fat’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Three Latin adjectives for 'thick': Italian kept CRASSUS (grasso), French GROSSUS (gros), and Spanish GURDUS, which first meant 'dull-witted'. Spanish grasa 'fat (the substance)' and grueso 'thick' are relatives of the other two.

English relatives: crass

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In a sentence

  • esEl gato está muy gordo.
  • frLe chat est très gros.
  • itIl gatto è molto grasso.
  • ptO gato está muito gordo.
  • roPisica e foarte grasă.
  • caEl gat està molt gras.
  • enThe cat is very fat.

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