hinchar
Meanings
Verb
1. to inflate or fill with air or liquid (transitive)
a. to swell, to grow tight as a result of enlarging (reflexive, transitive)
b. to pig out, stuff oneself (with food) (reflexive, transitive)
c. to inflate, exaggerate (transitive, figuratively)
d. to fill someone with anger (transitive, figurative, vulgar, Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Southern Cone, euphemistic in Bolivia, figuratively)
e. to become overwhelmed with anger (reflexive, vulgar, Bolivia, Rioplatense, rare in Paraguay, rare, transitive)
2. to support, to cheer (intransitive, Bolivia, Paraguay, Rioplatense, sports)
a. to stand by someone no matter what (Argentina, colloquial, intransitive)
Examples7
hincharse de pizza
stuff oneself with pizza
¿Vas a hinchar por mí?
Will you cheer for me?
El ojo se me ha hinchado.
My eye has swollen up.
Se le han hinchado los pies.
His feet have swelled up.
¡Y si me sigue hinchando le corto la cabeza!
And if he keeps messing with me I'll cut his head off!
Tom se torció el tobillo y se hinchó.
Tom twisted his ankle and it swelled up.