Italian edit

Etymology edit

From in- +‎ gigante +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /in.d͡ʒi.ɡanˈti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: in‧gi‧gan‧tì‧re

Verb edit

ingigantìre (first-person singular present ingigantìsco, first-person singular past historic ingigantìi, past participle ingigantìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to magnify, to blow up
  2. (transitive, figurative) to blow out of proportion, to exaggerate, to overstate
  3. (intransitive) to grow enormously, to become gigantic [auxiliary essere]

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Further reading edit

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

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