English → Latin
“bloat” in Latin
tumefaciōto cause to swell, tumefy; to swell, puff up or inflate with prideimpleōto fill up or with, fill fully; cover, fulfill. (+ genitive, ablative, or accusative case); to satisfy, satiate; to maketendōto stretch, stretch out, distend, extend; to direct oneself or one's course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, besufflōto blow, puff up, inflateīnflōto inflate; to blow into; to play a wind instrument; to puff up, swell; to be proud, haughtytumēscōto begin to swell, become distended or inflated, swell up; to become excited or violent, ready to burst forthturgēscōto swell up, begin to swellturgidusturgid, swollen, inflated, distended; bombastic, turgidtumidusswollen, swelling, rising high, protuberant, tumid, dilated, bulging; causing to swell; excited, violent, exasperated; ptumeōto be swollen, turgid, distended, puffed out or inflated, to swell; to be excited or violent, ready to burst forth; to b
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bloat v.
a., tumefacere, implere, tendere, sufflare, inflare; figuratively, inflare. Bloated, turgidus, tumidus, tumens, inflatus:
v. n., tumescere, extumescere: turgescere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bloat?
- The usual Latin words for “bloat” are tumefaciō, impleō, tendō; also sufflō, īnflō, tumēscō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.