hefty

Significado (Inglés)

  1. With heft; heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive
  2. Strong; bulky.
  3. Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built.
  4. Heavy, weighing a lot.
  5. Large, healthy.

Frecuencia

C2
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈhɛfti/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

19th century. From heft (“weight”) + -y. The similarity with German heftig (“vigorous, violent, intense”) is apparently coincidental. From the German are Dutch, Danish, Norwegian heftig, Swedish häftig.

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