What does inflar in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word inflar in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use inflar in Spanish.

The word inflar in Spanish means blow up, inflate, exaggerate, inflate, get boozed up, be plastered, be totaled, puff up, swell up, beat up, boost your ego, give your ego a boost, stroke 's ego, raise his hackles up, be sick of, be tired of. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word inflar

blow up

verbo transitivo (hinchar con aire, gas) (balloon)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Todos ayudaron a inflar los globos.
Everyone helped blow up the balloons.

inflate, exaggerate

verbo transitivo (exagerar hechos) (figurative)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
El periódico infló la noticia del robo.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. The reporter inflated (or: exaggerated) the news about the robbery.

inflate

verbo pronominal (hincharse)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Al introducir el gas, el globo se infla.
When the gas is introduced, the balloon inflates.

get boozed up, be plastered, be totaled

(coloquial (hartarse de algo) (colloquial: drink)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Anoche me inflé de cerveza.
Last night I got boozed up (or: got plastered) drinking beer.

puff up, swell up

verbo pronominal (coloquial (mostrarse presuntuoso) (pride)

(phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up.")
Marta se infla cuando cuenta a sus amigas que su hijo estudia medicina.
Maria gets puffed up (or: swelled up) when she tells her friends that her son is studying medicine.

beat up

(coloquial (golpear repetidamente)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Los ladrones inflaron a tus colegas a tortas. Como no te calles, voy a inflarte a puñetazos.
The thieves beat up your buddies.

boost your ego, give your ego a boost

locución verbal (logro, conquista)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Esa victoria le va a inflar el ego.

stroke 's ego

locución verbal (dar elogios)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Deja de inflarme el ego, que me voy a sonrojar.

raise his hackles up

locución verbal (hartar, enfadar)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Se le van a inflar las narices cuando se entere de lo que hiciste.

be sick of, be tired of

locución verbal (hartarse, enfadarse)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Se me inflaron las narices por escuchar tantos reclamos.

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