Translation for "gonfiava" to english

Gonfiava

verb

• inflate
• swell
• bloat
• blow
• pump up
• puff up
• exaggerate
• pad
• puff out
• plump

Translation examples

inflate verb

Quindi gonfiava un palloncino di una certa grandezza ma non faceva scoppiare il palloncino e andava tutto bene.
So it would inflate the balloon to a certain size but it wouldn't burst the balloon and it was all safe.

- E allora, l'NSR gonfiava i risultati dei test scolastici per far credere che avessero un successo maggiore di quello che in effetti avevano.
-So, what the NSR would do was inflate the schools' test scores to give the appearance that they had a greater success rate than they actually did.

Un'area del suo polmone sinistro non si gonfiava correttamente, il che spiega i livelli di ossigeno.
An area of your left lung wasn't inflating properly, which explains your oxygen levels.

Tu gonfiavi le rane, ti grattavi le chiappe coi ricci e tormentavi quel povero uccellino.
You inflated frogs, scratched yourself with lgeln the rear...

swell verb

Ma nessuno mi parlava di quel coso che mi si gonfiava tra le gambe.
But nobody talked about that tail that swelled between my legs.

Quando mangiavo il cioccolato dovevi portarmi al Pronto Soccorso, perché mi si gonfiava la faccia!
When I ate chocolate as a kid, you had to take me to the emergency room, because my face swelled up.

Il polso mi si gonfiava da far schifo.
Wrist used to swell up something awful.

Gotti era stato portato in infermeria con un labbro spaccato che si gonfiava fino allo zigomo.
With a busted lip and swelling to his cheekbone.

E la scavavo cosi' intensamente e disperatamente che potevo sentire la lingua che mi si gonfiava in bocca.
And I was digging so desperately and intensely that I could feel my tongue swelling in my mouth.

Quando Norman era nei paraggi, Dinsdale diventava silenzioso il suo naso si gonfiava e i denti iniziavano a muoversi, diventava molto violento e affermava di essere stato con Stanley Baldwin.
When Norman was about, Dinsdale would go very quiet... his nose would swell up and his teeth would start moving about and he'd become very violent and claimed that he'd laid Stanley Baldwin.

Era vera in lei quella collera soddisfatta che le gonfiava il collo e il ventre?
Was it her contented rage that swelled her neck and belly?

bloat verb

Prendevo la pillola, ma quando io e Cappie ci siamo lasciati ho smesso, perche' mi gonfiava moltissimo.
Well, I was on the pill. Then when Cappie and I broke up I went off it because it just made me so bloated.