Meanings
verbfall pregnant (third-person singular simple present falls pregnant, present participle falling pregnant, simple past fell pregnant, past participle fallen pregnant)
present singular third person falls pregnant · participle present falling pregnant · past fell pregnant · participle past fallen pregnant
- formalintransitiveliteraryTo become pregnant.
We were delighted when I fell pregnant with my first son.
Synonyms: get pregnant, get into trouble
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo become pregnant.
Similar
get pregnantget into trouble
Translations
Arabic حَمَلَ
- حَمَلَ (ḥamala)to become pregnant
Chinese Mandarin 懷孕 /怀孕
- 懷孕 /怀孕 (huáiyùn)to become pregnant
Dutch zwanger raken, zwanger worden
- zwanger rakento become pregnant
- zwanger wordento become pregnant
Finnish tulla raskaaksi, hankkiutua raskaaksi
- tulla raskaaksito become pregnant
- hankkiutua raskaaksito become pregnant
French tomber enceinte
- tomber enceinteto become pregnant
German schwanger werden
- schwanger werdento become pregnant
Greek μένω έγκυος
- μένω έγκυος (méno égkyos)to become pregnant
Hungarian teherbe esik
- teherbe esikto become pregnant
Italian rimanere incinta
- rimanere incintato become pregnant
Japanese 妊娠する
- 妊娠する (ninshin suru)to become pregnant
Korean 임신하다
- 임신하다 (imsinhada)to become pregnant
Persian باردار شدن
- باردار شدن (bârdâr šodan)to become pregnant
Polish zachodzić w ciążę, zajść w ciążę
- zachodzić w ciążęto become pregnant
- zajść w ciążęto become pregnant
Portuguese engravidar, ficar grávida
- engravidarto become pregnant
- ficar grávidato become pregnant
Russian бере́менеть, забере́менеть
- бере́менеть (berémenetʹ)to become pregnant
- забере́менеть (zaberémenetʹ)to become pregnant
Spanish quedarse embarazada, embarazarse
- quedarse embarazadato become pregnant
- embarazarseto become pregnant
Turkish hamile kalmak
- hamile kalmakto become pregnant
Ukrainian вагі́тніти, ваготі́ти
- вагі́тніти (vahítnity)to become pregnant
- ваготі́ти (vahotíty)to become pregnant
- завагі́тніти (zavahítnity)to become pregnant
- заважні́ти (zavažníty)to become pregnant
- захо́дити у тяж (zaxódyty u tjaž)to become pregnant
- зайти́ втяж (zajtý vtjaž)to become pregnant
Cite this entry
APA
fall pregnant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fall%20pregnant
MLA
“fall pregnant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fall%20pregnant. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fall pregnant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fall%20pregnant.
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