gonfiare

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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)

  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
    Synonym: gonfiarsi
    Antonym: sgonfiarsi
  7. (figurative, intransitive) to pride oneself
    Synonym: insuperbirsi

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gonfiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive gonfiàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund gonfiàndo
present participle gonfiànte past participle gonfiàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present gónfio gónfi gónfia gonfiàmo gonfiàte gónfiano
imperfect gonfiàvo gonfiàvi gonfiàva gonfiavàmo gonfiavàte gonfiàvano
past historic gonfiài gonfiàsti gonfiò gonfiàmmo gonfiàste gonfiàrono
future gonfierò gonfierài gonfierà gonfierémo gonfieréte gonfierànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present gonfierèi gonfierésti gonfierèbbe, gonfierébbe gonfierémmo gonfieréste gonfierèbbero, gonfierébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present gónfi gónfi gónfi gonfiàmo gonfiàte gónfino
imperfect gonfiàssi gonfiàssi gonfiàsse gonfiàssimo gonfiàste gonfiàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
gónfia gónfi gonfiàmo gonfiàte gónfino
negative imperative non gonfiàre non gónfi non gonfiàmo non gonfiàte non gónfino

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Further reading

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

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