inflate
Significat (Anglès)
- (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
- (intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
- (figuratively) To swell; to puff up.
- (transitive) To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.
- (figuratively, transitive) To represent something as being more important, better, or worse than it actually is; to exaggerate.
Sinònims
fill with air
cause to swell
be inflated
live up to
plump out
Traduccions
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ɪnˈfleɪt/
Etimologia (Anglès)
From Latin īnflātus, perfect passive participle of īnflō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of inblow.
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