Fat

Spanish Meaning

English Meaning

1. The ester of glycerol and one, two, or three fatty acids.
2. Any of various soft, solid, or semisolid organic compounds constituting the esters of glycerol and fatty acids and their associated organic groups.
3. A mixture of such compounds occurring widely in organic tissue, especially in the adipose tissue of animals and in the seeds, nuts, and fruits of plants.
4. Animal tissue containing such substances.
5. A solidified animal or vegetable oil.
6. Obesity; corpulence.
7. The best or richest part: living off the fat of the land.
8. Unnecessary excess: "would drain the appropriation's fat without cutting into education's muscle” ( New York Times).
9. Having much or too much fat or flesh; plump or obese.
10. Full of fat or oil; greasy.
11. Abounding in desirable elements.
12. Fertile or productive; rich: "It was a fine, green, fat landscape” ( Robert Louis Stevenson).
13. Having an abundance or amplitude; well-stocked: a fat larder.
14. Yielding profit or plenty; lucrative or rewarding: a fat promotion.
15. Prosperous; wealthy: grew fat on illegal profits.
16. Thick; large: a fat book.
17. Puffed up; swollen: a fat lip.
18. To make or become fat; fatten.
19. a fat lot Slang Very little or none at all: a fat lot of good it will do him.
20. fat chance Slang Very little or no chance.