enfiare

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin īnflāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /enˈfja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: en‧fià‧re

Verb

enfiàre (first-person singular present énfio, first-person singular past historic enfiài, past participle enfiàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (uncommon, transitive) to inflate, to cause to swell
    Synonym: gonfiare
  2. (Tuscan or archaic, intransitive) to inflate, to swell, to swell up
    Synonym: gonfiarsi

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enfiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive enfiàre
auxiliary verb avére1, èssere2 gerund enfiàndo
present participle enfiànte past participle enfiàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present énfio énfi énfia enfiàmo enfiàte énfiano
imperfect enfiàvo enfiàvi enfiàva enfiavàmo enfiavàte enfiàvano
past historic enfiài enfiàsti enfiò enfiàmmo enfiàste enfiàrono
future enfierò enfierài enfierà enfierémo enfieréte enfierànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present enfierèi enfierésti enfierèbbe, enfierébbe enfierémmo enfieréste enfierèbbero, enfierébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present énfi énfi énfi enfiàmo enfiàte énfino
imperfect enfiàssi enfiàssi enfiàsse enfiàssimo enfiàste enfiàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
énfia énfi enfiàmo enfiàte énfino
negative imperative non enfiàre non énfi non enfiàmo non enfiàte non énfino

1Transitive.
2Intransitive.

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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