sospirare

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin suspīrāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /so.spiˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: so‧spi‧rà‧re

Verb

sospiràre (first-person singular present sospìro, first-person singular past historic sospirài, past participle sospiràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to sigh
    Synonym: gemere
  2. (intransitive) to pine
  3. (intransitive or transitive) to yearn, to long
    Synonyms: anelare (a), desiderare, tendere (a)
    sospirare la pace ― to yearn for peace
  4. (intransitive, literary) to breeze, to blow gently
    Synonyms: soffiare, spirare
  5. (transitive, by extension) to anxiously await
  6. (transitive, archaic, literary) to mourn
    Synonyms: lamentare, piangere

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sospiràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive sospiràre
auxiliary verb avére gerund sospiràndo
present participle sospirànte past participle sospiràto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present sospìro sospìri sospìra sospiriàmo sospiràte sospìrano
imperfect sospiràvo sospiràvi sospiràva sospiravàmo sospiravàte sospiràvano
past historic sospirài sospiràsti sospirò sospiràmmo sospiràste sospiràrono
future sospirerò sospirerài sospirerà sospirerémo sospireréte sospirerànno
conditional sospirerèi sospirerésti sospirerèbbe, sospirerébbe sospirerémmo sospireréste sospirerèbbero, sospirerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present sospìri sospìri sospìri sospiriàmo sospiriàte sospìrino
imperfect sospiràssi sospiràssi sospiràsse sospiràssimo sospiràste sospiràssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
sospìra sospìri sospiriàmo sospiràte sospìrino
negative imperative non sospiràre non sospìri non sospiriàmo non sospiràte non sospìrino

Further reading

  • sospirare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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