fall pregnant (third-person singular simple present falls pregnant, present participle falling pregnant, simple past fell pregnant, past participle fallen pregnant)
- (intransitive, formal or literary) To become pregnant.
- Synonyms: get pregnant, get into trouble
- We were delighted when I fell pregnant with my first son.
Usage notes
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- This term is now sometimes frowned upon, because the use of fall is now seen as turning pregnancy into an activity solely involving the woman and freeing the man from responsibility. See also this analysis of the word's etymology.
Translations
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to become pregnant
- Arabic: حَمَلَ (ar) (ḥamala)
- Azerbaijani: hamilə qalmaq
- Belarusian: цяжа́раць impf (cjažáracʹ), зацяжа́рваць impf (zacjažárvacʹ), зацяжа́раць pf (zacjažáracʹ)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 懷孕／怀孕 (zh) (huáiyùn) (typically with 了 (le) to mark the change of state)
- Dutch: zwanger raken, zwanger worden
- Finnish: tulla raskaaksi, hankkiutua raskaaksi
- French: tomber enceinte (fr)
- German: schwanger werden
- Greek: μένω έγκυος (méno égkyos)
- Hungarian: teherbe esik (hu)
- Ido: gravideskar (io)
- Italian: rimanere incinta
- Japanese: 妊娠する (ja) (にんしんする, ninshin suru)
- Korean: 임신하다 (ko) (imsinhada)
- Macedonian: затруднува impf (zatrudnuva), затрудни pf (zatrudni), забременува impf (zabremenuva), забремени pf (zabremeni)
- Persian: باردار شدن (bârdâr šodan)
- Polish: zachodzić w ciążę impf, zajść w ciążę (pl) pf
- Portuguese: engravidar (pt), ficar grávida
- Russian: бере́менеть (ru) impf (berémenetʹ), забере́менеть (ru) pf (zaberémenetʹ)
- Spanish: quedarse embarazada, embarazarse (es)
- Turkish: hamile kalmak
- Ukrainian: вагі́тніти (uk) impf (vahítnity), ваготі́ти (uk) impf (vahotíty), завагі́тніти pf (zavahítnity), заважні́ти pf (zavažníty), захо́дити у тяж impf (zaxódyty u tjaž), зайти́ втяж pf (zajtý vtjaž)
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