| Example in Portuguese | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| E o porco cevado que lá estava até foi bater no tecto. | And it blasted the fattened sow up till under the roof. |
| Depois de 15 anos, cevando-se em climas frios, são grandes o suficiente para competir por parceiros. | After 15 years away, fattening themselves up in colder climes, they are now back and big enough to compete for a mate. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azeri | kökəlmək | Dutch | aanvetten,vetmesten, vetweiden |
| English | fatten | Esperanto | grasigi |
| Estonian | nuumama, nuumuma, rammutama | Finnish | lihottaa, paksuntaa, paksuntua, pulskistaa |
| French | engraisser, grossir, grossoyer | Greek | παχαίνω, πεδικλώνομαι |
| Icelandic | fita | Italian | impinguare, impolpare, ingozzare, ingrassare, rimpinguare, rimpolpare, sagginare |
| Lithuanian | storėti, sustorėti, tėšti, tukti | Macedonian | дебелее, згои |
| Polish | dokarmiać, dotuczać, podkarmiać, podtuczyć, rozpasać, tuczyć, utuczyć | Romanian | îngrășa |
| Russian | нагуливать | Spanish | engordarse |
| Turkish | besiye çekmek, semirmek, şişmanlamak, yağ bağlamak, yağlanmak | Vietnamese | vỗ béo |