🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

膨らませる

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fukuraseru

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Inflate/ɪnˈfleɪt/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"自転車のタイヤに空気を入れなければなりません。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To fill with air or gas so that it swells or expands.

    "We need to inflate the bicycle tires before our trip."
  2. 2

    To cause to increase in size, importance, or value inappropriately or excessively.

    "The media coverage tended to inflate the importance of the minor incident."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'inflare', composed of 'in-' (into) and 'flare' (to blow). It entered the English language in the late 15th century, initially retaining its literal physical meaning of blowing air or gas into something, before expanding metaphorically into economic and numerical contexts.

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