aspirar

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspīrāre, present active infinitive of aspīrō.

Verb

aspirar (first-person singular indicative present aspiro, past participle aspiráu)

  1. (intransitive) to inhale (to draw air into the lungs)
  2. to hoover, vacuum-clean

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspīrāre, present active infinitive of aspīrō.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əs.piˈɾa/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /as.piˈɾaɾ/

Verb

aspirar (first-person singular present aspiro, past participle aspirat)

  1. to aspire
  2. to inhale
  3. to aspirate

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspīrāre, present active infinitive of aspīrō.

Verb

aspirar (first-person singular present aspiro, first-person singular preterite aspirei, past participle aspirado)

  1. to inhale
  2. to aspirate
  3. first- and third-person singular future subjunctive of aspirar
  4. first- and third-person singular personal infinitive of aspirar

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English aspirate, French aspirer, German aspirieren, Italian aspirare, Russian аспири́ровать (aspirírovatʹ), Spanish aspirar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aspiˈrar/

Verb

aspirar (present aspiras, past aspiris, future aspiros, conditional aspirus, imperative aspirez)

  1. (transitive) to inhale, draw in (air, smoke, etc.)
    Antonym: expirar
  2. (transitive) to suck in or up (liquids)
  3. (transitive, grammar) to aspirate (a sound)
  4. (transitive) to aspire: desire eagerly, long for, aim at

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • aspirajo (aspirate)
  • aspirilo (aspirator)
  • aspiro (inhaling, inbreathing, suction, aspiration: ardent wish)
  • aspiro-signo (sign of aspiration)
  • aspiro-tubo (suction pipe)

See also

References

  • Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, pages 33, 71, 702
  • Progreso V (in Ido), 1912–1913, page 156

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspīrāre, present active infinitive of aspīrō.

Verb

aspirar (first-person singular present indicative aspiro, past participle aspirado)

  1. (transitive) to vacuum (to clean with a vacuum cleaner)
  2. (intransitive) to inspire (to draw air into the lungs)
  3. (transitive or auxiliary with a and a verb in the impersonal infinitive) to aspire (to dream of becoming something)
  4. (phonetics, transitive) to aspirate (to produce a puff of breath with a consonant)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspīrāre, present active infinitive of aspīrō.

Verb

aspirar (first-person singular present aspiro, first-person singular preterite aspiré, past participle aspirado)

  1. (transitive) to inhale
  2. to aspire, to desire to be
  3. to vacuum

Conjugation

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