Chubby — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈʌvɚtʃɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/dˈɪplɜːɹəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˈɪplɜːɹəl/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈʌvɚtʃɚ/.

Examples

a chubby child
pleasingly plump

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

embonpoint plump

Parts of Speech

adjective

sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure

“a chubby child”

Word Forms

chubbiness	noun	the property of having a plump and round body
plumpness	noun	the bodily property of being well rounded

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

pummelig

ausreichend dick, um eine angenehme Fülle der Figur zu haben

🇫🇷French

joufflu

suffisamment gros pour avoir une belle plénitude de silhouette

🇪🇸Spanish

regordete

lo suficientemente gordo como para tener una agradable plenitud de figura

🇮🇹Italian

paffuto

sufficientemente grasso da avere una gradevole pienezza della figura

🇳🇱Dutch

mollig

voldoende dik om een aangename volheid van figuur te hebben

🇵🇹Portuguese

gordinho

suficientemente gordo para ter uma plenitude de corpo agradável

🇷🇺Russian

круглолицый

достаточно толстый, чтобы иметь приятную полноту фигуры

India

🇮🇳Hindi

गोलमटोल

पर्याप्त रूप से मोटा ताकि उसका शरीर सुखदायक परिपूर्णता वाला हो

🇧🇩Bengali

নিটোল

যথেষ্ট চর্বি যাতে চিত্রের একটি আনন্দদায়ক পূর্ণতা আছে

🇮🇳Tamil

குண்டாக

போதுமான அளவு கொழுப்பாக இருப்பதால் மகிழ்ந்த முழு உருவம் இருக்கும்

🇮🇳Telugu

బొద్దుగా

ఫిగర్ యొక్క ఆహ్లాదకరమైన సంపూర్ణతను కలిగి ఉండటానికి తగినంత లావుగా ఉంటుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

गुबगुबीत

पुरेशी चरबी जेणेकरुन आकृतीची आनंददायी परिपूर्णता असेल

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગોળમટોળ ચહેરાવાળું

પૂરતી ચરબી જેથી આકૃતિની આનંદદાયક પૂર્ણતા હોય

🇮🇳Kannada

ದುಂಡುಮುಖದ

ಆಕೃತಿಯ ಆಹ್ಲಾದಕರ ಪೂರ್ಣತೆಯನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಲು ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಕೊಬ್ಬು

🇮🇳Malayalam

തടിച്ച

ആവശ്യത്തിന് തടിച്ചതിനാൽ ആകാരത്തിൻ്റെ പൂർണത ലഭിക്കും

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮੋਟੇ

ਕਾਫ਼ੀ ਚਰਬੀ ਤਾਂ ਜੋ ਚਿੱਤਰ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਸੰਪੂਰਨਤਾ ਹੋਵੇ

🇵🇰Urdu

موٹے

کافی موٹا تاکہ اعداد و شمار کی ایک خوشگوار پرپورنتا ہو

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

胖乎乎的

足够的脂肪，才能拥有令人愉悦的丰满身材

🇯🇵Japanese

ぽっちゃり

満足のいく豊満な体型を保つのに十分な脂肪

🇰🇷Korean

통통한

만족스러운 풍만한 몸매를 가질 만큼 충분히 뚱뚱함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

mập mạp

đủ béo để có một thân hình đầy đặn vừa ý

🇹🇭Thai

อวบ

อ้วนพอให้มีรูปร่างสมส่วนน่าพอใจ

🇮🇩Indonesian

tembam

cukup gemuk sehingga memiliki bentuk tubuh yang penuh dan menyenangkan

🇲🇾Malay

gempal

cukup gemuk supaya mempunyai kenyang yang menggembirakan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

سمين

كمية كافية من الدهون للحصول على قوام ممتلئ وممتع

🇮🇷Persian

چاق

به اندازه کافی چاق باشد تا اندام دلپذیری داشته باشد

🇹🇷Turkish

hantal

hoş bir figür dolgunluğuna sahip olacak kadar şişman

🇮🇱Hebrew

שְׁמַנמַן

מספיק שמן כדי לקבל מלאות מהנה של דמות

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