hinchar

Inherited from Old Spanish finchar, from Latin īnflāre (“to inflate something, blow into it”). The phonetic development involved consonant spread of the medial [f], namely via *hinhláɾe or *finfláɾe, cf. hallar, and see also henchir. Doublet of borrowed inflar. Cognate with English inflate, Romanian umfla, French enfler.

• IPA^(key): /inˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [ĩnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: hin‧char

hinchar (first-person singular present hincho, first-person singular preterite hinché, past participle hinchado)

1. (transitive) to inflate or fill with air or liquid

   Synonyms: inflar, henchir

   1. (reflexive) to swell, to grow tight as a result of enlarging
      1. (reflexive) to pig out, stuff oneself (with food)

         hincharse de pizza

         stuff oneself with pizza

   2. (transitive, figuratively) to inflate, exaggerate

      Synonym: exagerar

   3. (transitive, figurative, vulgar, Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Southern Cone, euphemistic in Bolivia) to fill someone with anger
      1. (reflexive, vulgar, Bolivia, Rioplatense, rare in Paraguay) to become overwhelmed with anger
2. (intransitive, Bolivia, Paraguay, Rioplatense, sports) to support, to cheer

   Synonym: apoyar

   1. (Argentina, colloquial) to stand by someone no matter what

• hallar
• soplar

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “hinchar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 365
• “hinchar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024