sgonfiare

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɡonˈfja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sgon‧fià‧re

Etymology 1

From s- +‎ gonfiare (to blow up).

Verb

sgonfiàre (first-person singular present sgónfio, first-person singular past historic sgonfiài, past participle sgonfiàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to deflate, to let down (to let the air out of)
  2. (transitive) to reduce the swelling of
  3. (transitive) to bring down a peg or two, to reduce (someone or something) to the right level
  4. (transitive) to deemphasize (a news item or fact), to reduce in importance
  5. (transitive, colloquial) to bore, to annoy
  6. (intransitive) to deflate
  7. (intransitive) to subside (of something swollen)
  8. (intransitive, figurative) to lose self-importance, to deflate
  9. (intransitive, figurative) to lose importance (of a news item or fact)
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Etymology 2

Verb

sgonfiàre (first-person singular present sgónfio, first-person singular past historic sgonfiài, no past participle)

  1. (intransitive) to puff out (of a dress)
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