gonfiare
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin cōnflāre. Doublet of conflare.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]gonfiàre (first-person singular present gónfio, first-person singular past historic gonfiài, past participle gonfiàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to blow up (inflate with air)
- Antonym: sgonfiare
- (by extension, transitive) to swell (cause to become bigger)
- (vulgar, transitive) to knock up
- Synonyms: ingravidare, mettere incinta
- (figurative, transitive) to overpraise
- (figurative, transitive) to blow out of proportion
- (intransitive) to swell, to swell up, to become swollen [auxiliary essere]
- Synonym: gonfiarsi
- Antonym: sgonfiarsi
- (figurative, intransitive) to pride oneself [auxiliary essere]
- Synonym: insuperbirsi
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of gonfiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive | gonfiàre | |||||
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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 |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- gonfiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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