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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescicciottello
Pronunciation / Transliteration: citchot-tello
"Il bambino è diventato un po' cicciottello."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Slightly fat or plump; chubby.
"He joked that his winter diet had left him looking a bit porky."
- 1
Rhyming slang for pork pies, meaning lies.
"Don't tell me porkies; I know what really happened."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the noun 'pork' (ultimately from Latin 'porcus', meaning pig) combined with the suffix '-y' to denote resemblance or characteristic quality. First recorded in British and American slang during the late 19th century to describe something resembling a pig, later evolving to colloquially describe an overweight person.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Porky" is said worldwide
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potelé
Transliteration: pot-le
"Il est un peu potelé après les fêtes."
mollig
Transliteration: mollig
"Nach dem Winter fühlt er sich ein bisschen mollig."
cicciottello
Transliteration: citchot-tello
"Il bambino è diventato un po' cicciottello."
rellenito
Transliteration: rey-e-neeto
"El gato está un poco rellenito este año."
fofucho
Transliteration: fo-fucho
"Ele ficou um pouco gordinho depois de férias."
गोलमटोल
Transliteration: golmatol
"सर्दियों के बाद वह थोड़ा गोलमटोल हो गया है।"
胖乎乎的
Transliteration: pàng hū hū de
"他过完年看起来胖乎乎的。"
통통한
Transliteration: tong-tong-han
"그는 겨울 동안 조금 통통해졌다."
ぽっちゃりした
Transliteration: pocchari shita
"彼は少しぽっちゃりした体型になりました。"
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