hinchar

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hinchar
transitive verb
1to blow up, to inflate
  • ya me está hinchando las narices (informal figurative) -> he's beginning to get up my nose (peninsular Spanish)
hincharse
pronomial verb
1to inflate (de aire)
  • el globo se hinchó en pocas horas -> the balloon was inflated in a few hours
2to swell (up) (pierna, mano)
  • se me ha hinchado el brazo -> my arm has swollen (up)
3to get puffed up (persona)
4(hartarse)
  • se hinchó a comer -> she stuffed herself
  • nos hinchamos de paella -> we stuffed ourselves with paella
  • nos hinchamos de reír -> we laughed ourselves silly

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hinchar [in-char’]
article & verb transitive
1To inflate, to swell with wind.
2To fill a musical instrument with air.
3To swell, to raise to arrogance.
4To blow up (neumático).
5To swell, to grow turgid, to be tumefied.
6To be elated with arrogance or anger.
7To make a pile (enriquecerse).
8Hincharse a correr, to run hard.
  • Hincharse a reír -> to laugh a lot
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hinchar
verbo:transitivo
1 [+vientre] to distend; enlarge; [+globo] to blow up; inflate; pump up
2 (exagerar) to exaggerate
3 (S. Cone) (muy_familiar) (molestar) to annoy; upset
me hincha todo el tiempo he keeps on at me all the time
verbo:pronominal
hincharse
1 (inflamarse) [+herida, tobillo] to swell; swell up; [+vientre] to get distended; (formal) get bloated
2 (hartarse)
hincharse de [+comida] to stuff o.s. with; (familiar) se hincharon de gambas they stuffed themselves with prawns; (familiar) me hinché de agua I drank gallons loads of water;o (familiar) hincharse a de hacer algo: hincharse a de correroo to run like mad; hincharse de reír to have a good laugh; split one's sides laughing
3 (engreírse) to get conceited; become vain; get swollen-headed
4 (familiar) (enriquecerse) to make a pile; (familiar) make a mint; (familiar)

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Verb Conjugation for "hinchar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo hincho hinché hinchaba hincharé hinche
Tú hinchas hinchaste hinchabas hincharás hinches
Ella/Él/Usted hincha hinchó hinchaba hinchará hinche
Nosotros hinchamos hinchamos hinchábamos hincharemos hinchemos
Vosotros hincháis hinchasteis hinchabais hincharéis hinchéis
Ellos/Ustedes hinchan hincharon hinchaban hincharán hinchen
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