gonfler
French → English
(Action) Inflate: to fill an object with air or gas to increase its volume; to pump up
Le vent gonfle les voiles du bateau.
(English) The wind inflates the boat's sails.
Il doit gonfler les pneus de son vélo avant de partir.
(English) He needs to pump up his bicycle tires before leaving.
(Emotion) Fill: to be overwhelmed or puffed up by a specific feeling like pride or sadness
Le départ de son fils lui a gonflé le cœur de tristesse.
(English) Her son's departure filled her heart with sadness.
Sa vanité se gonfle face aux compliments de la foule.
(English) His vanity swells in response to the crowd's compliments.
(Statistics) Bloat: to artificially or excessively increase figures or numbers for deceptive purposes
Cette mesure est accusée de gonfler encore davantage le taux de chômage.
(English) This measure is accused of further inflating the unemployment rate.
Il essaie de gonfler les statistiques de fréquentation de son blogue.
(English) He is trying to bloat the traffic statistics for his blog.
Entry ID: fr:en:gonfler · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary