gonfiare

== Italian == === Etymology === From Latin cōnflāre. Doublet of conflare. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡonˈfja.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: gon‧fià‧re === Verb === gonfiàre (first-person singular present gónfio, first-person singular past historic gonfiài, past participle gonfiàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (transitive) to inflate, to blow up (inflate with air) Antonym: sgonfiare (by extension, transitive) to swell (cause to become bigger) (vulgar, transitive) to knock up Synonyms: ingravidare, mettere incinta (figurative, transitive) to overpraise (figurative, transitive) to blow out of proportion (intransitive) to swell, to swell up, to become swollen [auxiliary essere] Synonym: gonfiarsi Antonym: sgonfiarsi (figurative, intransitive) to pride oneself [auxiliary essere] Synonym: insuperbirsi (figurative, transitive) (with di botte or di mazzate, sometimes just implied) to beat someone up to a pulp Synonyms: spaccare, coricare ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === gonfiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === faringeo, fognarie, fognerai, fregiano, gonfierà