ingigantire

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From in- +‎ gigante +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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]

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Further reading[edit]

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

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