gonfiare
Meaning
- (transitive) to inflate, to blow up (inflate with air)
- (broadly, transitive) to swell (cause to become bigger)
- (transitive, vulgar) to knock up
- (figuratively, transitive) to overpraise
- (figuratively, transitive) to blow out of proportion
- (intransitive) to swell, to swell up, to become swollen
- (figuratively, intransitive) to pride oneself
Concepts
Opposite of
sgonfiare, sgonfiarsi
Synonyms
gonfià
rendere voluminoso
Translations
gonfler
schwellen
inchar
zwellen
inflar
inflarFrequency
Hyphenated as
gon‧fià‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡonˈfja.re/
Etymology
From Latin cōnflāre. Doublet of conflare.
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