ingigantire
Italian
Etymology
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)
- (transitive) to magnify, to blow up
- (transitive, figurative) to blow out of proportion, to exaggerate, to overstate
- (intransitive) to grow enormously, to become gigantic [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of ingigantìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Related terms
Further reading
- ingigantire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana