gonfio
See also: gonfiò
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡon.fjo/
- Rhymes: -onfjo
- Hyphenation: gón‧fio
Etymology 1
From the short past participle of gonfiare (“to inflate”) in Tuscan; compare the Standard Italian participle gonfiato.[1]
Adjective
gonfio (feminine gonfia, masculine plural gonfi, feminine plural gonfie)
- swollen
- bombastic (person)
- inflated (tire)
Derived terms
- gonfiamente
- gonfiore
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
gonfio
- first-person singular present indicative of gonfiare
References
- Ledgeway 2016: 221
Further reading
- Ledgeway, Adam. 2016. Italian, Tuscan, and Corsican. In Ledgeway, Adam & Maiden, Martin (eds.), The Oxford guide to the Romance languages, 206–227. Oxford: OUP.