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inflation noun

  /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/
  • An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid.
  • (economics) An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money, adjusted for by way of higher nominal values.
  • (cosmology) An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorized to have occurred very shortly after the Big Bang.
 inflazione

inflate verb

  /ənˈflæɪt/ , /ɪnˈfleɪt/ , /ɪnˈflæɪt/
  • (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
 enfiare, gonfiare

inflatable

canotto

inflatable adjective

  /ɪnˈfleɪtəbəl/
  • Able to be inflated or blown up.
 gonfiabile

inflated adjective

  /ɪnˈfleɪtɪd/
  • Filled with air or fluid
  • (figuratively) Pompous; arrogant (of a person or ego)
 gonfiato

inflatable noun

  /ɪnˈfleɪtəbəl/
  • (nautical) A boat or dinghy that may be inflated when needed.
 battello pneumatico
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