hincharse

hincharse

► verbo pronominal

1 MEDICINA to swell (up)

■ se me ha hinchado el pie my foot has swollen up

2 (engreírse) to become conceited, become bigheaded

3 familiar (comer) to stuff oneself

4 familiar (hacer dinero) to make a packet, line one's pockets

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to swell

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VPR

1) (=inflamarse) [herida, tobillo] to swell, swell up; [vientre] to get distended frm, get bloated

2) (=hartarse)

hincharse de — [+ comida] to stuff o.s. with *

se hincharon de gambas — they stuffed themselves with prawns *

me hinché de agua — I drank gallons o loads of water *

hincharse a o de hacer algo: hincharse a o de correr — to run like mad

hincharse de reír — to have a good laugh, split one's sides laughing

3) (=engreírse) to get conceited, become vain, get swollen-headed

4) * (=enriquecerse) to make a pile *, make a mint *

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(v.) = bloat, swell up

Ex. During feeding the ciliate bloats in a few minutes to 10 to 20 times its original volume.

Ex. Outside the walls of the room, outside the walls of his skull, outside the impalpable energy walls of his mind, he felt those forces gathering, swelling up.

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(v.) = bloat, swell up

Ex: During feeding the ciliate bloats in a few minutes to 10 to 20 times its original volume.

Ex: Outside the walls of the room, outside the walls of his skull, outside the impalpable energy walls of his mind, he felt those forces gathering, swelling up.

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■hincharse verbo reflexivo
1 Med to swell (up)
2 fam (comer en exceso) to stuff oneself [de, with]: me hinché de bombones, I stuffed myself with chocolates
(hacer algo en exceso) me hinché a bailar, I danced as much as I could
♦ Locuciones: familiar hincharse las narices, to get fed up: ¡me estaba hinchando las narices con tanta bromita!, I was getting fed up with all the joking around
'hincharse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hinchar
English:
balloon
- puff up
- swell
- swell up
- billow
- distend
- puff
- surge

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vpr

1. [de aire] to inflate;

el globo se hinchó en pocas horas the balloon was inflated in a few hours

2. [pierna, mano] to swell (up);

se me ha hinchado el brazo my arm has swollen (up)

3. [persona] to get puffed up;

siempre que habla de sus títulos se hincha she gets all puffed up whenever she talks about her qualifications

4. [hartarse]

se hinchó a comer she stuffed herself;

nos hinchamos de paella we stuffed ourselves with paella;

nos hinchamos de reír we laughed ourselves silly

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hincharse

v/r

1 MED swell

2 (mostrarse orgulloso) swell with pride

3 fig

stuff o.s (de with)

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vr

1) : to swell up

2) : to become conceited, to swell with pride

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hincharse vb

1. (parte del cuerpo) to swell up [pt. swelled; pp. swollen]

se me hincharon los pies my feet swelled up

2. (de comida) to stuff yourself

se hinchó de bombones she stuffed herself with chocolates