Meanings (ES + gloss)
acaparar • alzarse con • apandar • arramblar
To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).
acaparar • monopolizar
To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.
Octavian then engrosses for himself proconsular powers for ten years in all the provinces where more than one legion was stationed, giving him effective control of the army
The Coral Islands are principally visited by the pearl-shell fishermen, who arrive in small schooners, carrying not more than five or six men. For a long while the business was eng…
arrobar • captar • captivar • cautivar • embebecer • embelesar • embeleñar • encantar • fascinar • hechizar • polarizar
To completely engage the attention of; to involve.
Having made a few vain attempts at engrossing my attention in my book, I was obliged to let myself be carried away by the impetuous torrent of the squire's eloquence.
She seems to be completely engrossed in that book.
echar carnes • engordar • engrosar
To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
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