English → Latin
“puff, puff up” in Latin
īnflōto inflate; to blow into; to play a wind instrument; to puff up, swell; to be proud, haughtyintumēscōto become swollen; to rise
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
puff, puff up
Transitively, inflare (PROP. and figuratively): to puff up anybody with pride, inflare alicujus animum ad intolerabilem superbiam (of fortune, Liv., 43, 31).
Intransitively, se sufflare or inflare; intumescere (with and without superbia).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for puff, puff up?
- The usual Latin words for “puff, puff up” are īnflō, intumēscō. 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.