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inflar

Pronunciation: [iɱˈfla]

“inflar” is a Catalan word. Its 6 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to inflate
  2. to make swollen
  3. to swell, to grow tight as a result of enlarging
  4. to swell up, to become swollen
  5. to become overwhelmed with anger
  6. to become full of oneself, to becomes swell-headed

In Catalan

  1. Omplir de vent alguna cosa.
  2. Ensuperbir, exagerar.
  3. Elevar-se alguna part del cos per ferida o cop, o per haver-hi acudit algun tumor.

Etymology

Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin īnflāre (compare Old Occitan inflar and unflar; compare Occitan enflar). Doublet of the inherited unflar.

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