inflate

English

Etymology

Latin īnflātus, from the verb īnflō.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ɪnˈfleɪt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

Girl inflating a red balloon by blowing into it.

Verb

inflate (third-person singular simple present inflates, present participle inflating, simple past and past participle inflated)

1. (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally

   You inflate a balloon by blowing air into it.

2. (intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).

   The balloon will inflate if you blow into it.

Antonyms

• deflate

Derived terms

• inflated
• inflatingly

Related terms

• inflation

Translations

to enlarge the volume occupied by an object

Finnish: täyttää (fi) French: gonfler (fr), enfler (fr) Greek: φουσκώνω (el) (fouskono) Hungarian: felfúj (hu) Italian: enfiare (it) Latin: inflo (la)

Macedonian: надувува (mk) (nadúvuva), дува (mk) (dúva) Portuguese: inchar (pt) Romanian: umfla (ro) Russian: надувать (ru), наполнять (ru) (газом, воздухом), накачивать (ru) Scottish Gaelic: sèid (gd) Spanish: inflar (es), hinchar (es)

to enlarge a volume

Finnish: täyttyä (fi) Greek: φουσκώνω (el) (fouskono) Hungarian: felfúvódik (hu)

Macedonian: надувува (mk) (nadúvuva), дува (mk) (dúva) Russian: надуваться (ru), наполняться (ru) (газом, воздухом), накачиваться (ru)

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Mandarin: 擴張, 扩张 kuò zhāng, 打气, 打氣 dǎ qì French: gonfler Korean: 부풀리다 (Bupullida)

Spanish: inflar Swedish: blåsa upp

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Latin

Participle

īnflāte

1. vocative masculine singular of īnflātus