What does inchar in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word inchar in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use inchar in Portuguese.

The word inchar in Portuguese means swell, swell, swell, swell, swell, swell with pride, swell, , inchar, crescer, inchar, inchar, intumescer, inchar, inchar, inflar-se, inchar, inchar, inchar, inflamar, distender, inchar, inchar, inchar, distender-se, inchar-se. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word inchar

swell

verbo transitivo (avolumar, aumentar)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

swell

verbo transitivo (inflar, enfunar)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

swell

verbo transitivo (figurado (aumentar desordenadamente) (figurative)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

swell

(intumescer)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

swell

(figurado (aumentar desordenadamente) (figurative)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

swell with pride

verbo pronominal/reflexivo (envaidecer-se,) (figurative)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

swell

verbo pronominal/reflexivo (engrossar)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

inchar

intransitive verb (expand, grow) (expandir, crescer)

O tornozelo de Wendy inchou após ela escorregar nas pedras úmidas.
Wendy's ankle swelled after she slipped on the wet rocks.

crescer, inchar

intransitive verb (swell, puff up)

I was kept awake by the sound of the tent as it billowed in the breeze.

inchar, intumescer

intransitive verb (body: expand, swell) (corpo)

The steroid drugs caused Mandy's body to bloat.

inchar

phrasal verb, intransitive (inflate, fill with air)

Rice puffs up when it is heated by itself.

inchar

phrasal verb, intransitive (become enlarged)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
My hands swelled up after I took the medication.

inflar-se

phrasal verb, intransitive (swell, inflate with air)

(verbo pronominal/reflexivo: Verbos que precisam do pronome "se". Ex. "ferir-se", "queixar-se", etc.)
My cheeks puff out when I try to blow up a balloon.

inchar

intransitive verb (figurative (business: excess) (negócios: excesso)

The firm's assets bloated after an influx of investors.

inchar

intransitive verb (figurative (get bigger) (figurado)

O clube começou com apenas poucas pessoas, mas a associação inchou nos últimos seis meses.
The club started out as just a few people, but membership has been swelling over the past six months.

inchar

phrasal verb, intransitive (swell)

His whole leg puffed up after the snake bit him.

inflamar

transitive verb (figurative, usu passive (bodily organ: cause to swell)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
The long run inflamed Albert's knee.

distender

transitive verb (cause to swell)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
Eating dairy distends my stomach.

inchar

intransitive verb (figurative, informal (person: put on weight) (figurado)

Desde o divórcio, ele inchou até os 130 quilos.
Since his divorce, he has ballooned to three hundred pounds.

inchar

intransitive verb (swell)

(verto intransitivo: Verbos que não exigem complemento. Ex. "existir", "dormir", etc.)

inchar

transitive verb (swell)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)

distender-se

intransitive verb (swell)

(verbo pronominal/reflexivo: Verbos que precisam do pronome "se". Ex. "ferir-se", "queixar-se", etc.)
The children's stomachs distended from parasites.

inchar-se

phrasal verb, intransitive (figurative (swell with pride or arrogance) (encher-se de orgulho ou arrogância)

(verbo pronominal/reflexivo: Verbos que precisam do pronome "se". Ex. "ferir-se", "queixar-se", etc.)
Clive puffed up with pride when his son received the award.

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