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hinchar

/inˈt͡ʃaɾ/

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verb/inˈt͡ʃaɾ/

to inflate or fill with air or liquid; to support, to cheer

hincharse de pizzastuff oneself with pizza

Synonyms: inflar, henchir, exagerar, apoyar

Inherited from Old Spanish finchar, from Latin īnflāre (“to inflate something, blow into it”). The phonetic development involved consonant spread of the medial [f], namely via *hinhláɾe or *finfláɾe, cf. hallar, and see also henchir. Doublet of borrowed inflar. Cognate with English inflate, Portuguese inchar, French enfler.