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ingrossare

to enlarge

verb een-gros-SAH-reh Rare
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Also means

to swell

Usage Note

Ingrossare means to make or become larger, thicker, or swollen — ingrossare un file (to inflate a file size) or il fiume si ingrossava (the river was swelling). Used reflexively (ingrossarsi) it is intransitive and takes essere; used transitively it takes avere. It can also describe a crowd growing: la folla si è ingrossata (the crowd swelled).

Examples

"La pioggia ha ingrossato il torrente."

Natural Translation

The rain swelled the stream.

Literal Translation

The rain has swelled the stream

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