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puffed-up

Translations

puffed-uppast participle

The balloon was puffed-up after being filled with helium.

Le ballon était gonflé après avoir été rempli d’hélium.

He's a puffed-up bureaucrat who thinks he's always right.

C’est un bureaucrate prétentieux qui pense toujours avoir raison.

Additional translations

enfléSurtout pour un gonflement physique ou au sens figuré.

gonfléFamilier, pour une personne arrogante ou qui se donne de l’importance.

puffed-uppast participle

Swollen or expanded, often as a result of being filled with air, gas, or another substance.

The balloon hung in the doorway, large and puffed-up.

Feeling or showing excessive self-importance or pride; arrogant.

Don't pay attention to his threats—he's just a puffed-up bureaucrat.