Italian edit

Etymology edit

From in- +‎ turgido +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /in.tur.d͡ʒiˈdi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: in‧tur‧gi‧dì‧re

Verb edit

inturgidìre (first-person singular present inturgidìsco, first-person singular past historic inturgidìi, past participle inturgidìto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to swell, to swell up (especially of an organ, filling with liquid) [auxiliary essere]
  2. (intransitive, figurative, literary) to become bloated (of someone's style) [auxiliary essere]
  3. (transitive) to cause to swell

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Further reading edit

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