deflate

Significat (Anglès)

1. (transitive) To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.
2. (transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
3. (transitive) To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
4. (intransitive) To become deflated.
5. (transitive) To let (someone) down, disappoint them, or put them in their place.
6. (transitive) To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.
7. (slang) To belch or flatulate

Conceptes

desinflar

desinflar-se

Sinònims

shrink

disinflate

flatten

puncture

collapse

empty

debase

depreciate

sink

damp

dampen

debilitate

debunk

de-escalate

deflated

deflation

degrade

demagnetise

demagnetize

depredate

depress

derogate

devaluate

devalue

devitalize

discharge

disparage

drain

drop

dull

emasculate

enervate

enfeeble

evacuate

eviscerate

exenterate

fade away

fall in

go down

humble

humiliate

impair

knock out

lower

marshall

minimize

misjudge

raid

reduce

serialize

Traduccions

sgonfiare

desinflar

dégonfler

ξεφουσκώνω

deflacionar

Luft ablassen

sgonfiarsi

deflazionare

υποτιμώ

ελαττώνω την αξία

desinflar

entleeren

sérialiser

فرّغ

deflationieren

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/diːˈfleɪt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From de- + (in)flate. Coined in 1891, in reference to balloons. Equivalent to Latin dē- (“away, from”) + Latin flō (“blow”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).