inchação
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin īnflātiōnem, and therefore a doublet of inflação, a later borrowing. By surface analysis, inchar + -ção. Compare Spanish hinchazón, Italian enfiagione, dialectal French enflaison, archaic Romanian umflăciune.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: in‧cha‧ção
Noun[edit]
inchação f (plural inchações)
- swelling
- Synonym: inchamento
- bump
- pock
- tumor
- (figurative) arrogance, vanity, pride
- Synonyms: arrogância, vaidade