deflate

Significado (Inglés)

  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

Traducións

ξεφουσκώνω

ελαττώνω την αξία

Luft ablassen

υποτιμώ

deflacionar

deflationieren

Frecuencia

45k
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/diːˈfleɪt/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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

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