Meaning
exaggerate, blow up
- To make something seem larger, more serious, or more important than it really is.
- To physically enlarge or magnify (less common).
In a sentence
I giornali tendono spesso a ingigantire le polemiche.
Newspapers often tend to blow controversies out of proportion.
Non ingigantire la questione: è stato solo un malinteso.
Don't blow the issue out of proportion: it was just a misunderstanding.
Perché ingigantisci sempre ogni piccolo errore che faccio?
Why do you always magnify every little mistake I make?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| ingigantire | infinitive |
| ingigantisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| ingigantisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ingigantisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ingigantiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| ingigantite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ingigantiscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ingigantivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ingigantivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ingigantiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ingigantivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ingigantivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ingigantivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ingigantii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| ingigantisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| ingigantì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| ingigantimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| ingigantiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| ingigantirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| ingigantirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| ingigantirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| ingigantirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| ingigantiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| ingigantirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| ingigantiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| ingigantisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| ingigantisca |
Usage notes
- Takes the '-isc-' infix in the present indicative and subjunctive (e.g., 'ingigantisco').