gonfiare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin cōnflāre. Doublet of conflare.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡonˈfja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: gon‧fià‧re

Verb[edit]

gonfiàre (first-person singular present gónfio, first-person singular past historic gonfiài, past participle gonfiàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to blow up (inflate with air)
    Antonym: sgonfiare
  2. (by extension, transitive) to swell (cause to become bigger)
  3. (vulgar, transitive) to knock up
    Synonyms: ingravidare, mettere incinta
  4. (figurative, transitive) to overpraise
  5. (figurative, transitive) to blow out of proportion
  6. (intransitive) to swell, to swell up, to become swollen [auxiliary essere]
    Synonym: gonfiarsi
    Antonym: sgonfiarsi
  7. (figurative, intransitive) to pride oneself [auxiliary essere]
    Synonym: insuperbirsi

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Further reading[edit]

  • gonfiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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