вздуть

rare #28796

verbperfective imperfective is вздува́ть

1.
to thrash, to give a hiding, to beat up
Его хорошо́ взду́ли во дворе́.
He got a good thrashing in the yard.
Colloquial; perfective of вздувать.
2.
to drive up (prices), to inflate (prices)economics
Торго́вцы взду́ли цены́ пе́ред пра́здником.
The traders drove up prices before the holiday.
Perfective of вздувать.
3.
to inflate, to blow up, to make swell
Ве́тер вздул па́руса.
The wind filled the sails.
Perfective of вздувать.
4.
to blow up (dust), to whirl up, to fan into flame
Ве́тер вздул пыль на доро́ге.
The wind blew up the dust on the road.
Perfective of вздувать.
5.
(rare) to cheat, to swindle, to take in
Его взду́ли на большие деньги.
They cheated him out of a lot of money.
Colloquial and dated.

Usage info

Кто вздул огонь? - Who blew up the fire?

Отец пообещал вздуть его за разбитое окно.
His father promised to give him a beating for breaking the window.
Продавцы сразу вздули цены на бензин.
The sellers immediately hiked up the price of gasoline.
Ветер вздул паруса, и лодка пошла быстрее.
The wind filled the sails, and the boat began to move faster.

Imperative
ты	взду́й
вы	взду́йте

дутьto blow; to blow (of the wind); to blow (glass); to guzzle; to dash
verbimperfective
вдутьto blow in; to bang; to chew out
verbperfective
вы́дутьto blow out; to blow (glass); to drink up
verbperfective
ду́тьсяto sulk; to swell up; to give oneself airs; to play avidly (cards)
verbimperfective
заду́тьto blow out; to start to blow
verbperfective

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(Derived from дуть.)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
вздуть	вз-	to thrash; to drive up (prices); to inflate; to blow up (dust); to cheat
взду́ться	вз-	to swell; to billow; to go up sharply (of prices); to flare up

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