Also means
to swell
Usage Note
Ingrossare means to make or become larger, thicker, or swollen — ingrossare un file (to inflate a file size) or il fiume si ingrossava (the river was swelling). Used reflexively (ingrossarsi) it is intransitive and takes essere; used transitively it takes avere. It can also describe a crowd growing: la folla si è ingrossata (the crowd swelled).
Examples
"La pioggia ha ingrossato il torrente."
Natural Translation
The rain swelled the stream.
Literal Translation
The rain has swelled the stream
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