Daily Verb Lesson: Italian for inflate is gonfiare
The Italian verb for inflate is the irregular -ARE verb gonfiare.... imagine after INFLATING the balloon he has GONE FOR A flight.
Gonfiare can also mean: to blow up (with air), to pump up, to puff up.
Related words include:
- gonfiarsi (vr : to swell (up), to fill (up), to become swollen.
- gonfiabile (adj) : inflatable.
- la gonfiatura (nf) : blowing up, inflation; exaggeration, hype (fig).
- gonfio (adj) : inflated, puffed up/out; distended, swollen.
These verbs ending in -iare are irregular because they drop the ii to i in the Present and Present Subjunctive tenses. Verbs conjugated in this way include : assediare, cambiare, annaffiare, espropriare, finanziare, gonfiare, graffiare, mischiare.
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Imagine after inflating the balloon
he has GONE FOR A flight.
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Presente inflate |
gonfio | gonfi | gonfia | gonfiamo | gonfiate | gonfiano |
| Past Imperfect Imperfetto inflated |
gonfiavo | gonfiavi | gonfiava | gonfiavamo | gonfiavate | gonfiavano |
| Simple Past Passato remoto inflated |
gonfiai | gonfiasti | gonfiò | gonfiammo | gonfiaste | gonfiarono |
| Future Futuro semplice will inflate |
gonfierò | gonfierai | gonfierà | gonfieremo | gonfierete | gonfieranno |
| Conditional Condizionale would inflate |
gonfierei | gonfieresti | gonfierebbe | gonfieremmo | gonfiereste | gonfierebbero |
| Subjunctive Congiuntivo Presente may inflate |
gonfi | gonfi | gonfi | gonfiamo | gonfiate | gonfino |
| Present Perfect Passato Prossimo have inflated |
ho gonfiato | hai gonfiato | ha gonfiato | abbiamo gonfiato | avete gonfiato | hanno gonfiato |
| Past Perfect Trapassato Prossimo had inflated |
avevo gonfiato | avevi gonfiato | aveva gonfiato | avevamo gonfiato | avevate gonfiato | avevano gonfiato |
| Future Perfect Futuro Anteriore will have inflated |
avrò gonfiato | avrai gonfiato | avrà gonfiato | avremo gonfiato | avrete gonfiato | avranno gonfiato |
| Conditional Perfect Condizionale Passato would have inflated |
avrei gonfiato | avresti gonfiato | avrebbe gonfiato | avremmo gonfiato | avreste gonfiato | avrebbero gonfiato |
| Perfect Subjunctive Congiuntivo Passato may have inflated |
abbia gonfiato | abbia gonfiato | abbia gonfiato | abbiamo gonfiato | abbiate gonfiato | abbiano gonfiato |
| Imperative Imperativo inflate! |
gonfia! non gonfiare! |
(non) gonfi! | (non) gonfiamo! | (non) gonfiate! | (non) gonfino! | |
✔ Gonfiare is an irregular -ARE verb, these being the most common verbs in Italian.
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