ingigantire

Italian

Etymology

From in- + gigante + -ire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.d͡ʒi.ɡanˈti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: in‧gi‧gan‧tì‧re

Verb

ingigantìre (first-person singular present ingigantìsco, first-person singular past historic ingigantìi, past participle ingigantìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to magnify, to blow up
  2. (transitive, figurative) to blow out of proportion, to exaggerate, to overstate
  3. (intransitive) to grow enormously, to become gigantic [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

Further reading

  • ingigantire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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