hinchado
/inˈt͡ʃado/ · B2 · adj
swollen, inflamed, tightened from enlarging
🎈 hinchado = inch-ado: an inch more each time it puffs up
Hinchado comes from Latin inflare, meaning to blow into, and is related to English inflate. Read it as an inch-ado: something that keeps gaining inches, like a swollen ankle or a balloon. The sense of arrogant, pompous means someone filled with too much air about themselves.