finchar
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Old Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin īnflō, īnflāre, with consonant spread of the medial [f], namely via *hinhláɾe or *finfláɾe, cf. Spanish hallar, and see also henchir.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]finchar
- to blow into and inflate something, fill with air
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “hinchar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 365