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gonfiare.

to inflate, to blow up (inflate with air)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɡonˈfja.re/
  1. to inflate, to blow up (inflate with air)

    transitive
  2. to swell (cause to become bigger)

    broadly · transitive
  3. to knock up

    transitive · vulgar
  4. to overpraise

    figuratively · transitive
  5. to blow out of proportion

    figuratively · transitive
  6. to swell, to swell up, to become swollen

    intransitive
  7. to pride oneself

    figuratively · intransitive
  8. (with di botte or di mazzate, sometimes just implied) to beat someone up to a pulp

    figuratively · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Latin cōnflāre. Doublet of conflare. Cognate with French gonfler.

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