sgonfiare

• IPA^(key): /zɡonˈfja.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: sgon‧fià‧re

From s- +‎ gonfiare (“to blow up”).

sgonfiàre (first-person singular present sgónfio, first-person singular past historic sgonfiài, past participle sgonfiàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

1. (transitive) to deflate, to let down (to let the air out of)
2. (transitive) to reduce the swelling of
3. (transitive) to bring down a peg or two, to reduce (someone or something) to the right level
4. (transitive) to deemphasize (a news item or fact), to reduce in importance
5. (transitive, colloquial) to bore, to annoy
6. (intransitive) to deflate [auxiliary essere]
7. (intransitive) to subside (of something swollen) [auxiliary essere]
8. (intransitive, figurative) to lose self-importance, to deflate [auxiliary essere]
9. (intransitive, figurative) to lose importance (of a news item or fact) [auxiliary essere]

• sgonfiarsi
• sgonfiatura
• sgonfio

sgonfiàre (first-person singular present sgónfio, first-person singular past historic sgonfiài, no past participle)

1. (intransitive) to puff out (of a dress)

• sfregiano, sgonfierà