hinchar

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish finchar, from Latin īnflāre (“to inflate something, blow into it”). The phonetic development involved consonant spread of the medial , namely via *hinhláɾe or *finfláɾe, cf. hallar, and see also henchir. Doublet of borrowed inflar. Cognate with English inflate, Romanian umfla, French enfler.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈt͡ʃaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: hin‧char

Verb

hinchar (first-person singular present hincho, first-person singular preterite hinché, past participle hinchado)

  1. (transitive) to inflate or fill with air or liquid
    Synonyms: inflar, henchir
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to exaggerate a story
    Synonym: exagerar
  3. (transitive, vulgar, figuratively) to fill someone with anger
  4. (intransitive, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, sports) to support, to cheer
    Synonym: apoyar
  5. (reflexive) to swell, to grow tight as a result of enlarging
  6. (reflexive) to become overwhelmed with anger
  7. (reflexive) to pig out, stuff oneself (with food)
    hincharse de pizza
    stuff oneself with pizza

Conjugation

    Conjugation of hinchar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive hinchar
gerund hinchando
past participle masculine feminine
singular hinchado hinchada
plural hinchados hinchadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present hincho hinchastú
hinchásvos 		hincha hinchamos hincháis hinchan
imperfect hinchaba hinchabas hinchaba hinchábamos hinchabais hinchaban
preterite hinché hinchaste hinchó hinchamos hinchasteis hincharon
future hincharé hincharás hinchará hincharemos hincharéis hincharán
conditional hincharía hincharías hincharía hincharíamos hincharíais hincharían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present hinche hinchestú
hinchésvos2 		hinche hinchemos hinchéis hinchen
imperfect
(ra) 		hinchara hincharas hinchara hincháramos hincharais hincharan
imperfect
(se) 		hinchase hinchases hinchase hinchásemos hinchaseis hinchasen
future1 hinchare hinchares hinchare hincháremos hinchareis hincharen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative hinchatú
hinchávos 		hinche hinchemos hinchad hinchen
negative no hinches no hinche no hinchemos no hinchéis no hinchen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of hinchar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive hinchar
dative hincharme hincharte hincharle, hincharse hincharnos hincharos hincharles, hincharse
accusative hincharme hincharte hincharlo, hincharla, hincharse hincharnos hincharos hincharlos, hincharlas, hincharse
with gerund hinchando
dative hinchándome hinchándote hinchándole, hinchándose hinchándonos hinchándoos hinchándoles, hinchándose
accusative hinchándome hinchándote hinchándolo, hinchándola, hinchándose hinchándonos hinchándoos hinchándolos, hinchándolas, hinchándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative hincha
dative hínchame hínchate hínchale hínchanos not used hínchales
accusative hínchame hínchate hínchalo, hínchala hínchanos not used hínchalos, hínchalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative hinchá
dative hinchame hinchate hinchale hinchanos not used hinchales
accusative hinchame hinchate hinchalo, hinchala hinchanos not used hinchalos, hinchalas
with formal second-person singular imperative hinche
dative híncheme not used hínchele, hínchese hínchenos not used híncheles
accusative híncheme not used hínchelo, hínchela, hínchese hínchenos not used hínchelos, hínchelas
with first-person plural imperative hinchemos
dative not used hinchémoste hinchémosle hinchémonos hinchémoos hinchémosles
accusative not used hinchémoste hinchémoslo, hinchémosla hinchémonos hinchémoos hinchémoslos, hinchémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative hinchad
dative hinchadme not used hinchadle hinchadnos hinchaos hinchadles
accusative hinchadme not used hinchadlo, hinchadla hinchadnos hinchaos hinchadlos, hinchadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative hinchen
dative hínchenme not used hínchenle hínchennos not used hínchenles, hínchense
accusative hínchenme not used hínchenlo, hínchenla hínchennos not used hínchenlos, hínchenlas, hínchense

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