From , from the verb īnflō.

• (British, America) enPR: ĭn-flāt', IPA: /ɪnˈfleɪt/

inflate (inflates, present participle inflating; simple past and past participle inflated)

1. (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally

   You inflate a balloon by blowing air into it.

   • 1782, John Scott of Amwell, An Essay on Painting:

     When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, / Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes.

2. (intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).

   The balloon will inflate if you blow into it.

3. (figurative) To swell; to puff up.

   to inflate somebody with pride or vanity

   • 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Vivien”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC ↗, page 137 ↗:

     [I]f they find / Some stain or blemish in a name of note, / Not grieving that their greatest are so small, / Inflate themselves with some insane delight, / And judge all nature from her feet of clay, […]

4. (transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.
5. (figurative, transitive) To represent something as being more important, better, or worse than it actually is; to exaggerate.

   Israel routinely claims that the Gaza Ministry of Health, which is run by Hamas, has a tendency to inflate the number of Palestinian casualties in the Gaza Strip.

• deflate

• inflation

• French: gonfler, enfler
• German: aufblasen, aufpumpen, aufblähen
• Italian: enfiare
• Portuguese: inchar, inflar
• Russian: надува́ть
• Spanish: inflar, hinchar

• French: gonfler
• German: aufblasen
• Portuguese: encher

• French: se gonfler, gonfler
• Russian: надува́ться

• Spanish: descomprimir, desempaquetar