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

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (inhale): inspirar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspīrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to aspire
2. (transitive) to inhale

   Synonym: inhalar

3. (transitive) to aspirate

Conjugation

Derived terms

• aspirador
• aspiradora

Related terms

• aspiració
• aspirant
• aspiratori

Further reading

• “aspirar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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

Conjugation

Related terms

• aspiración

Further reading

• “aspirar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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

    Conjugation of aspirar

		present		past		future
infinitive		aspirar		aspirir		aspiror
tense		aspiras		aspiris		aspiros
conditional		aspirus
imperative		aspirez
adjective active participle		aspiranta		aspirinta		aspironta
adverbial active participle		aspirante		aspirinte		aspironte
nominal active participle	singular	aspiranto		aspirinto		aspironto
	plural	aspiranti		aspirinti		aspironti
adjective passive participle		aspirata		aspirita		aspirota
adverbial passive participle		aspirate		aspirite		aspirote
nominal passive participle	singular	aspirato		aspirito		aspiroto
	plural	aspirati		aspiriti		aspiroti

Derived terms

See also

• sugar
• respirar
• ambiciar

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspīrāre.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: as‧pi‧rar

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to vacuum (to clean with a vacuum cleaner)
2. (intransitive) to inspire (to draw air into the lungs)

   Synonyms: inalar, inspirar

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)

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspīrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aspiˈɾaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: as‧pi‧rar

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “aspirar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014