inflar

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inflāre, present active infinitive of inflō.

Verb

inflar (first-person singular indicative present inflo, past participle infláu)

1. to inflate

Conjugation

Conjugation of inflar

infinitive		inflar
gerund		inflando
past participle		m infláu, f inflada, n inflao, m pl inflaos, f pl inflaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	inflo	infles	infla	inflamos	infláis	inflen
	imperfect	inflaba	inflabes	inflaba	inflábemos, inflábamos	inflabeis, inflabais	inflaben
	preterite	inflé	inflasti, inflesti	infló	inflemos	inflastis, inflestis	inflaron
	pluperfect	inflare, inflara	inflares, inflaras	inflare, inflara	infláremos, infláramos	inflareis, inflarais	inflaren, inflaran
	future	inflaré	inflarás	inflará	inflaremos	inflaréis	inflarán
	conditional	inflaría	inflaríes	inflaría	inflaríemos, inflaríamos	inflaríeis, inflaríais	inflaríen
subjunctive	present	infle	infles, inflas	infle	inflemos	infléis	inflen, inflan
	imperfect	inflare, inflara	inflares, inflaras	inflare, inflara	infláremos, infláramos	inflareis, inflarais	inflaren, inflaran
imperative		—	infla	—	—	inflái	—

Related terms

• inflación

Catalan

Etymology

Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin īnflāre (compare Old Occitan inflar and unflar; compare Occitan enflar). Doublet of the inherited unflar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [iɱˈfla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iɱˈflaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

inflar (first-person singular present inflo, first-person singular preterite inflí, past participle inflat)

1. (transitive) to inflate
2. (transitive) to make swollen
3. (reflexive) to swell, to grow tight as a result of enlarging
4. (reflexive) to swell up, to become swollen
5. (reflexive) to become overwhelmed with anger
6. (figurative, pronominal) to become full of oneself, to becomes swell-headed

   Synonym: envanir-se

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inflar (first conjugation)

infinitive			inflar
gerund			inflant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		inflat		inflada
		plural		inflats		inflades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	inflo	infles	infla	inflem	infleu	inflen
	imperfect	inflava	inflaves	inflava	inflàvem	inflàveu	inflaven
	future	inflaré	inflaràs	inflarà	inflarem	inflareu	inflaran
	preterite	inflí	inflares	inflà	inflàrem	inflàreu	inflaren
	conditional	inflaria	inflaries	inflaria	inflaríem	inflaríeu	inflarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	infli	inflis	infli	inflem	infleu	inflin
	imperfect	inflés	inflessis	inflés	infléssim	infléssiu	inflessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	infla	infli	inflem	infleu	inflin
	negative (no)	—	no inflis	no infli	no inflem	no infleu	no inflin

Synonyms

• unflar (Valencian)

Derived terms

• botinflar-se
• inflador
• infladura
• inflament

Related terms

• inflable
• inflació

Further reading

• “inflar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin inflāre, present active infinitive of inflō. Compare inchar.

Verb

inflar (first-person singular present inflo, first-person singular preterite inflei, past participle inflado)

1. to inflate

   Synonym: inchar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inflar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	inflar
Personal	inflar	inflares	inflar	inflarmos	inflardes	inflaren
Gerund
	inflando
Past participle
Masculine	inflado			inflados
Feminine	inflada			infladas
Indicative
Present	inflo	inflas	infla	inflamos	inflades	inflan
Imperfect	inflaba	inflabas	inflaba	inflabamos	inflabades	inflaban
Preterite	inflei	inflaches	inflou	inflamos	inflastes	inflaron
Pluperfect	inflara	inflaras	inflara	inflaramos	inflarades	inflaran
Future	inflarei	inflarás	inflará	inflaremos	inflaredes	inflarán
Conditional	inflaría	inflarías	inflaría	inflariamos	inflariades	inflarían
Subjunctive
Present	infle	infles	infle	inflemos	infledes	inflen
Imperfect	inflase	inflases	inflase	inflásemos	inflásedes	inflasen
Future	inflar	inflares	inflar	inflarmos	inflardes	inflaren
Imperative
Affirmative		infla	infle	inflemos	inflade	inflen
Negative (non)		non infles	non infle	non inflemos	non infledes	non inflen

    Reintegrated conjugation of inflar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	inflar
Personal	inflar	inflares	inflar	inflarmos	inflardes	inflarem
Gerund
	inflando
Past participle
Masculine	inflado			inflados
Feminine	inflada			infladas
Indicative
Present	inflo	inflas	infla	inflamos	inflades, inflais	inflam
Imperfect	inflava	inflavas	inflava	inflávamos	inflávades, infláveis, inflávais1	inflavam
Preterite	inflei	inflaste, inflache1	inflou	inflamos	inflastes	inflárom, inflaram
Pluperfect	inflara	inflaras	inflara	infláramos	inflárades, infláreis, inflárais1	inflaram
Future	inflarei	inflarás	inflará	inflaremos	inflaredes, inflareis	inflarám, inflarão
Conditional	inflaria	inflarias	inflaria	inflaríamos	inflaríades, inflaríeis, inflaríais1	inflariam
Subjunctive
Present	infle	infles	infle	inflemos	infledes, infleis	inflem
Imperfect	inflasse	inflasses	inflasse	inflássemos	inflássedes, inflásseis	inflassem
Future	inflar	inflares	inflar	inflarmos	inflardes	inflarem
Imperative
Affirmative		infla	infle	inflemos	inflade, inflai	inflem
Negative (nom)		nom infles	nom infle	nom inflemos	nom infledes, nom infleis	nom inflem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• inflación

Ido

Verb

inflar (present tense inflas, past tense inflis, future tense inflos, imperative inflez, conditional influs)

1. to inflate, to bloat

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inflar

		present		past		future
infinitive		inflar		inflir		inflor
tense		inflas		inflis		inflos
conditional		influs
imperative		inflez
adjective active participle		inflanta		inflinta		inflonta
adverbial active participle		inflante		inflinte		inflonte
nominal active participle	singular	inflanto		inflinto		inflonto
	plural	inflanti		inflinti		inflonti
adjective passive participle		inflata		inflita		inflota
adverbial passive participle		inflate		inflite		inflote
nominal passive participle	singular	inflato		inflito		infloto
	plural	inflati		infliti		infloti

Antonyms

• desinflar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnflāre. Doublet of inchar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈfla(ʁ)/ [ĩˈfla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈfla(ʁ)/ [ĩˈfla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩˈfla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩˈfla(ʁ)/ [ĩˈfla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈfla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈflaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈflaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈfla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: in‧flar

Verb

inflar (first-person singular present inflo, first-person singular preterite inflei, past participle inflado)

1. to inflate

   Synonym: inchar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inflar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	inflar
Personal	inflar	inflares	inflar	inflarmos	inflardes	inflarem
Gerund
	inflando
Past participle
Masculine	inflado			inflados
Feminine	inflada			infladas
Indicative
Present	inflo	inflas	infla	inflamos	inflais	inflam
Imperfect	inflava	inflavas	inflava	inflávamos	infláveis	inflavam
Preterite	inflei	inflaste	inflou	inflamos1, inflámos2	inflastes	inflaram
Pluperfect	inflara	inflaras	inflara	infláramos	infláreis	inflaram
Future	inflarei	inflarás	inflará	inflaremos	inflareis	inflarão
Conditional	inflaria	inflarias	inflaria	inflaríamos	inflaríeis	inflariam
Subjunctive
Present	infle	infles	infle	inflemos	infleis	inflem
Imperfect	inflasse	inflasses	inflasse	inflássemos	inflásseis	inflassem
Future	inflar	inflares	inflar	inflarmos	inflardes	inflarem
Imperative
Affirmative		infla	infle	inflemos	inflai	inflem
Negative (não)		não infles	não infle	não inflemos	não infleis	não inflem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• inflação

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnflāre. Compare the inherited doublet hinchar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈflaɾ/ [ĩɱˈflaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧flar

Verb

inflar (first-person singular present inflo, first-person singular preterite inflé, past participle inflado)

1. (transitive) to inflate

   Synonym: hinchar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inflar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			inflar
gerund			inflando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		inflado		inflada
		plural		inflados		infladas
		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	inflo	inflastú inflásvos	infla	inflamos	infláis	inflan
	imperfect	inflaba	inflabas	inflaba	inflábamos	inflabais	inflaban
	preterite	inflé	inflaste	infló	inflamos	inflasteis	inflaron
	future	inflaré	inflarás	inflará	inflaremos	inflaréis	inflarán
	conditional	inflaría	inflarías	inflaría	inflaríamos	inflaríais	inflarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	infle	inflestú inflésvos2	infle	inflemos	infléis	inflen
	imperfect (ra)	inflara	inflaras	inflara	infláramos	inflarais	inflaran
	imperfect (se)	inflase	inflases	inflase	inflásemos	inflaseis	inflasen
	future1	inflare	inflares	inflare	infláremos	inflareis	inflaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		inflatú inflávos	infle	inflemos	inflad	inflen
	negative		no infles	no infle	no inflemos	no infléis	no inflen

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

    Selected combined forms of inflar

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 inflar
	dative	inflarme	inflarte	inflarle, inflarse	inflarnos	inflaros	inflarles, inflarse
	accusative	inflarme	inflarte	inflarlo, inflarla, inflarse	inflarnos	inflaros	inflarlos, inflarlas, inflarse
with gerund inflando
	dative	inflándome	inflándote	inflándole, inflándose	inflándonos	inflándoos	inflándoles, inflándose
	accusative	inflándome	inflándote	inflándolo, inflándola, inflándose	inflándonos	inflándoos	inflándolos, inflándolas, inflándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative infla
	dative	ínflame	ínflate	ínflale	ínflanos	not used	ínflales
	accusative	ínflame	ínflate	ínflalo, ínflala	ínflanos	not used	ínflalos, ínflalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative inflá
	dative	inflame	inflate	inflale	inflanos	not used	inflales
	accusative	inflame	inflate	inflalo, inflala	inflanos	not used	inflalos, inflalas
with formal second-person singular imperative infle
	dative	ínfleme	not used	ínflele, ínflese	ínflenos	not used	ínfleles
	accusative	ínfleme	not used	ínflelo, ínflela, ínflese	ínflenos	not used	ínflelos, ínflelas
with first-person plural imperative inflemos
	dative	not used	inflémoste	inflémosle	inflémonos	inflémoos	inflémosles
	accusative	not used	inflémoste	inflémoslo, inflémosla	inflémonos	inflémoos	inflémoslos, inflémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative inflad
	dative	infladme	not used	infladle	infladnos	inflaos	infladles
	accusative	infladme	not used	infladlo, infladla	infladnos	inflaos	infladlos, infladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative inflen
	dative	ínflenme	not used	ínflenle	ínflennos	not used	ínflenles, ínflense
	accusative	ínflenme	not used	ínflenlo, ínflenla	ínflennos	not used	ínflenlos, ínflenlas, ínflense

Derived terms

• inflable
• pastel de arroz inflado

 

Related terms

• inflación

 

Further reading

• “inflar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28