hinchar
Spanish, verb/inˈt͡ʃaɾ/
hinchar is spelled H-I-N-C-H-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 43,425th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinchar is a Spanish verb meaning “to swell, to grow tight as a result of enlarging” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Llenar y ocupar con aire lo que está vacío, como el odre, la vejiga, los carrillos, etc”.
What does hinchar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to swell, to grow tight as a result of enlarging
- 2
to pig out, stuff oneself (with food)
hincharse de pizza
- 3
to inflate, exaggerate
- 4
Mexicovulgarto fill someone with anger
- 5
rarevulgarto become overwhelmed with anger
- 6
to support, to cheer
- 7
colloquialto stand by someone no matter what
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Llenar y ocupar con aire lo que está vacío, como el odre, la vejiga, los carrillos, etc. 2. Apoyar activamente, animar, a un club de fútbol en un estadio o terreno deportivo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hinchar
- hincho first-person present singular
- hinché first-person preterite singular
- hinchado participle past
- hinchando gerund
- hinchada feminine participle past
- hinchados masculine participle past
- hinchadas feminine participle past
- hinchas indicative informal present
- hinchás indicative informal present
- hincha indicative present singular
- hinchamos first-person indicative plural
- hincháis indicative plural present
- hinchan indicative plural present
- hinchaba first-person imperfect indicative
- hinchabas imperfect indicative second-person
- hinchábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- hinchabais imperfect indicative plural
- hinchaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hinchar?
- /inˈt͡ʃaɾ/
- [ĩnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hinchar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hinchar in Spanish?
hinchar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).