deflate

Senso (Inglese)

  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

Traduzioni

ξεφουσκώνω

ελαττώνω την αξία

υποτιμώ

deflacionar

Luft ablassen

deflationieren

فرّغ

αυτοπεποίθηση

Frequenza

45k
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/diːˈfleɪt/
Etimologia (Inglese)

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

Migliora la tua pronuncia

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes