paunchy

English

Etymology

paunch +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pˈɔːnt͡ʃi/

Adjective

paunchy (comparative paunchier, superlative paunchiest)

1. Having a paunch; having a prominent stomach; potbellied.

   He exercised every day to avoid becoming paunchy in his old age.

   • 1958, John M. Kays, Basic animal husbandry, page 269:

     A trim-middled hog will have a higher dressing percentage than a wasty, gutty, paunchy, heavy-middled hog.

Translations

having a paunch

• Azerbaijani: yekəqarın
• Bulgarian: шкембест (škembest), шкембелия (škembelija)
• Catalan: panxut, ventrut
• Galician: barrigudo, bazuncho
• Greek: κοιλαράς (el) m (koilarás), προγάστωρ (el) m or f (progástor)

  Ancient: προγάστωρ m or f (progástōr)

• Hungarian: pocakos (hu)
• Kabuverdianu: barigudu, barrigude
• Persian: گامبو (fa) (gâmbu)
• Plautdietsch: dikj
• Polish: brzuchaty (pl)
• Portuguese: barrigudo (pt)
• Russian: пуза́тый (ru) m (puzátyj)
• Spanish: panzón (es), panzudo (es), barrigudo (es), barrigón (es), guatón (es) (South America)