🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Hinchado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: inˈtʃado

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Swell/swɛl/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El río comenzó a hincharse."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To increase in size, volume, or number.

    "The river began to swell after the heavy rains."
As noun
  1. 1

    An increase in size or volume.

    "There was a noticeable swell in the crowd as the concert began."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'swell' originates from the Old English 'swellan', meaning 'to swell or grow'. It is related to the Proto-Germanic '*swelwōną', which also conveys the idea of expansion or increase, and has cognates in several Germanic languages, reflecting a consistent theme of growth or enlargement throughout its history.

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