I cannot inflate all these balloons.
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Inflate
//ɪnˈfleɪt//
Synonyms for "inflate" (74 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (37)
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13 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
15 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
4 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
91 translations across 37 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- φυσιόω verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
Arabic
2 entries- نَفَخَ verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- نَفَخَ verb ((transitive) to enlarge by filling with gas)
Armenian
1 entries- փչել verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
Bulgarian
3 entries- надувам verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- надувам се verb ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas)
- напомпвам verb ((transitive) to enlarge by filling with gas)
Catalan
4 entries- inflar verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- inflar verb ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas)
- unflar verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- unflar verb ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 充氣 /充气 verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- 膨脹 /膨胀 verb ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas)
Czech
2 entries- nafouknout verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- nafouknout verb ((transitive) to enlarge by filling with gas)
Dutch
1 entries- opblazen verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
Esperanto
1 entries- enblovi verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
Estonian
1 entries- täis puhuma verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
Finnish
4 entries- avata verb (to decompress data)
- täyttyä verb ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas)
- täyttää verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- täyttää verb ((transitive) to enlarge by filling with gas)
French
4 entries- enfler verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- gonfler verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- gonfler verb ((transitive) to enlarge by filling with gas)
- gonfler verb ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas)
Friulian
2 entries- enflâ verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- sglonfâ verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
German
4 entries- aufblasen verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- aufblasen verb ((transitive) to enlarge by filling with gas)
- aufblähen verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- aufpumpen verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
Greek
2 entries- φουσκώνω verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- φουσκώνω verb ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas)
Hindi
1 entries- फुलाना verb ((transitive) to enlarge by filling with gas)
Hungarian
2 entries- felfúj verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- felfúvódik verb ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas)
Icelandic
1 entries- blása upp verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
Italian
1 entries- enfiare verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
Japanese
2 entries- 膨らませる verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- 膨らむ verb ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas)
Korean
1 entries- 부풀리다 verb ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas)
Latin
3 entries- inflō verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- sufflō verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- sufflō verb ((transitive) to enlarge by filling with gas)
Latvian
1 entries- piepūst verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
Macedonian
4 entries- дува verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- дува verb ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas)
- надувува verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- надувува verb ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas)
Māori
2 entries- whakamakoha verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- whakamakoha verb ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- شیشمك verb ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas)
- قبارمق verb ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas)
Polish
4 entries- dmuchać verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- nadmuchać verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- nadmuchiwać verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- nadymać verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
Portuguese
3 entries- encher verb ((transitive) to enlarge by filling with gas)
- inchar verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- inflar verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
Romanian
1 entries- umfla verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
Russian
4 entries- наду́ть verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- наду́ться verb ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas)
- надува́ть verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- надува́ться verb ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sèid verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
Slovak
1 entries- nafúkať verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
Spanish
4 entries- descomprimir verb (to decompress data)
- desempaquetar verb (to decompress data)
- hinchar verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- implar verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
Swedish
1 entries- blåsa upp verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
Thai
1 entries- ขยาย verb ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas)
Turkish
2 entries- şişirmek verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- şişmek verb ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas)
Ukrainian
3 entries- надима́ти verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- наду́ти verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
- надува́ти verb ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Do you know how to inflate the tire?
Source: tatoeba (6610371)
I need to inflate my tires.
Source: tatoeba (9388797)
Forty U.S. states have filed a lawsuit against 20 pharmaceutical companies that make generic drugs, accusing the companies of participating in a scheme to inflate drug prices, sometimes by as much as 1,000%.
Source: tatoeba (11364377)
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