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1. past tense - swelled; verb(to make or become larger, greater or thicker: The insect-bite made her finger swell; The continual rain had swollen the river; I invited her to join us on the excursion in order to swell the numbers.) hinchar(se), inflar(se)
2. noun(a rolling condition of the sea, usually after a storm: The sea looked fairly calm but there was a heavy swell.) marejada, oleaje
3. adjective((especially American) used as a term of approval: a swell idea; That's swell!) estupendo, bárbaro, formidable- swelling- swollen
- swollen-headed
- swell out
- swell up
swell vb1. hincharse2. crecertr[swel]1 (of sea) marejada, oleaje nombre masculino2 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL (crescendo) crescendo2 (grow - in number) crecer, aumentar; (- louder) hacerse más fuerte2 (increase in number) aumentar, engrosarher ankle swelled: se le hinchó el tobillo3) increase: aumentar, crecerswell n1) : oleaje m (del mar)2) swellingadj.• estupendo, -a adj.• muy elegante adj.n.• crecida s.f.• creciente s.m.• crescendo s.m.• entumecimiento s.m.• marejada s.f.• olaje s.m.• oleaje s.m.v.(§ p.,p.p.: swelled, swollen) = abultar v.• aumentar v.• crecer v.• cundir v.• dilatar v.• dilatarse v.• engrosar v.• entumecer v.• hinchar v.• hincharse v.• inflar v.• subir v.
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1. swel1) \<\<wood/sails/face/ankles\>\> hincharse; \<\<river/stream\>\> crecer*, subir2) ( increase) \<\<population/crowd\>\> crecer*, aumentar
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vt1) ( increase in size) \<\<body/joint/features\>\> hinchar; \<\<sails\>\> hinchar; \<\<river\>\> hacer* crecer or subir2) (increase in number, volume) \<\<population/total/funds\>\> aumentar•Phrasal Verbs:- swell up
II
a) ( of sea) oleaje ma heavy swell — un fuerte oleaje, una marejada
b) (surge, movement) oleada f
III
adjective (fine, excellent) (AmE colloq) fenomenal (fam), bárbaro (fam)[swel] (vb: pt swelled) (pp swollen)1. N1) (Naut) (=movement) oleaje m ; (=large wave) marejada f2) (=bulge)3) (=surge) [of anger] arrebato m, arranque m ; [of sympathy, emotion] oleada f4) (Mus) crescendo m ; (on organ) regulador m de volumen5) † * (=stylish man) majo m ; (=important man) encopetado mthe swells — la gente bien, la gente de buen tono
2.ADJ (US) * (=fine, good) fenomenal *, bárbaro *3. VI1) (physically) [ankle, eye etc] (also: swell up) hincharse; [sails] (also: swell out) inflarse, hincharse; [river] crecer2) (in size, number) aumentar, crecer4. VT1) (physically) hinchar2) [+ numbers, sales] aumentarall they are doing is swelling the ranks of the unemployed — lo único que hacen es engrosar las cifras de desempleados
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1. [swel]1) \<\<wood/sails/face/ankles\>\> hincharse; \<\<river/stream\>\> crecer*, subir2) ( increase) \<\<population/crowd\>\> crecer*, aumentar
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vt1) ( increase in size) \<\<body/joint/features\>\> hinchar; \<\<sails\>\> hinchar; \<\<river\>\> hacer* crecer or subir2) (increase in number, volume) \<\<population/total/funds\>\> aumentar•Phrasal Verbs:- swell up
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a) ( of sea) oleaje ma heavy swell — un fuerte oleaje, una marejada
b) (surge, movement) oleada f
III
adjective (fine, excellent) (AmE colloq) fenomenal (fam), bárbaro (fam)
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