suspirar

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sospirar, from Latin suspīrāre, present active infinitive of suspīrō.

Pronunciation

Verb

suspirar (first-person singular present suspiro, first-person singular preterite suspirei, past participle suspirado)

  1. (archaic) to inhale, to breathe
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 466:
      Et caýo sóbrelo leyto, en gisa que todos coydauã que era morto, en gisa que el nõ sospiraua, nẽ bafeiaua nẽ ponto.
      And he fell over the bed in a way that everyone thought that he was dead, as he was neither inhaling nor exhaling, not even a bit
  2. to sigh
    Synonym: salaiar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of suspirar
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti) 		Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal suspirar
Personal suspirar suspirares suspirar suspirarmos suspirardes suspiraren
Gerund
suspirando
Past participle
Masculine suspirado suspirados
Feminine suspirada suspiradas
Indicative
Present suspiro suspiras suspira suspiramos suspirades suspiran
Imperfect suspiraba suspirabas suspiraba suspirabamos suspirabades suspiraban
Preterite suspirei suspiraches suspirou suspiramos suspirastes suspiraron
Pluperfect suspirara suspiraras suspirara suspiraramos suspirarades suspiraran
Future suspirarei suspirarás suspirará suspiraremos suspiraredes suspirarán
Conditional suspiraría suspirarías suspiraría suspirariamos suspirariades suspirarían
Subjunctive
Present suspire suspires suspire suspiremos suspiredes suspiren
Imperfect suspirase suspirases suspirase suspirásemos suspirásedes suspirasen
Future suspirar suspirares suspirar suspirarmos suspirardes suspiraren
Imperative
Affirmative suspira suspire suspiremos suspirade suspiren
Negative (non) non suspires non suspire non suspiremos non suspiredes non suspiren
    Reintegrated conjugation of suspirar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti / tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal suspirar
Personal suspirar suspirares suspirar suspirarmos suspirardes suspirarem
Gerund
suspirando
Past participle
Masculine suspirado suspirados
Feminine suspirada suspiradas
Indicative
Present suspiro suspiras suspira suspiramos suspirades, suspirais suspiram
Imperfect suspirava suspiravas suspirava suspirávamos suspirávades, suspiráveis, suspirávais1 suspiravam
Preterite suspirei suspiraste, suspirache1 suspirou suspiramos suspirastes suspirárom, suspiraram
Pluperfect suspirara suspiraras suspirara suspiráramos suspirárades, suspiráreis, suspirárais1 suspiraram
Future suspirarei suspirarás suspirará suspiraremos suspiraredes, suspirareis suspirarám, suspirarão
Conditional suspiraria suspirarias suspiraria suspiraríamos suspiraríades, suspiraríeis, suspiraríais1 suspirariam
Subjunctive
Present suspire suspires suspire suspiremos suspiredes, suspireis suspirem
Imperfect suspirasse suspirasses suspirasse suspirássemos suspirássedes, suspirásseis suspirassem
Future suspirar suspirares suspirar suspirarmos suspirardes suspirarem
Imperative
Affirmative suspira suspire suspiremos suspirade, suspirai suspirem
Negative (nom) nom suspires nom suspire nom suspiremos nom suspiredes, nom suspireis nom suspirem

1Less recommended.

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References

  • “suspirar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “suspir” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “suspirar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “suspirar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
  • “suspirar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “suspirar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
  • “suspirar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Interlingua

Verb

suspirar

  1. to sigh

Conjugation

    Conjugation of suspirar
infinitive suspirar
participle present perfect
suspirante suspirate
active simple perfect
present suspira ha suspirate
past suspirava habeva suspirate
future suspirara habera suspirate
conditional suspirarea haberea suspirate
imperative suspira

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese suspirar, sospirar, from Latin suspīrāre.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: sus‧pi‧rar

Verb

suspirar (first-person singular present suspiro, first-person singular preterite suspirei, past participle suspirado)

  1. (intransitive) to sigh
  2. (transitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of suspirar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal suspirar
Personal suspirar suspirares suspirar suspirarmos suspirardes suspirarem
Gerund
suspirando
Past participle
Masculine suspirado suspirados
Feminine suspirada suspiradas
Indicative
Present suspiro suspiras suspira suspiramos suspirais suspiram
Imperfect suspirava suspiravas suspirava suspirávamos suspiráveis suspiravam
Preterite suspirei suspiraste suspirou suspiramos1, suspirámos2 suspirastes suspiraram
Pluperfect suspirara suspiraras suspirara suspiráramos suspiráreis suspiraram
Future suspirarei suspirarás suspirará suspiraremos suspirareis suspirarão
Conditional suspiraria suspirarias suspiraria suspiraríamos suspiraríeis suspirariam
Subjunctive
Present suspire suspires suspire suspiremos suspireis suspirem
Imperfect suspirasse suspirasses suspirasse suspirássemos suspirásseis suspirassem
Future suspirar suspirares suspirar suspirarmos suspirardes suspirarem
Imperative
Affirmative suspira suspire suspiremos suspirai suspirem
Negative (não) não suspires não suspire não suspiremos não suspireis não suspirem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sospirar, from Latin suspirāre. Cognate with English suspire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suspiˈɾaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: sus‧pi‧rar

Verb

suspirar (first-person singular present suspiro, first-person singular preterite suspiré, past participle suspirado)

  1. (intransitive) to sigh

Conjugation

    Conjugation of suspirar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive suspirar
gerund suspirando
past participle masculine feminine
singular suspirado suspirada
plural suspirados suspiradas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present suspiro suspirastú
suspirásvos 		suspira suspiramos suspiráis suspiran
imperfect suspiraba suspirabas suspiraba suspirábamos suspirabais suspiraban
preterite suspiré suspiraste suspiró suspiramos suspirasteis suspiraron
future suspiraré suspirarás suspirará suspiraremos suspiraréis suspirarán
conditional suspiraría suspirarías suspiraría suspiraríamos suspiraríais suspirarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present suspire suspirestú
suspirésvos2 		suspire suspiremos suspiréis suspiren
imperfect
(ra) 		suspirara suspiraras suspirara suspiráramos suspirarais suspiraran
imperfect
(se) 		suspirase suspirases suspirase suspirásemos suspiraseis suspirasen
future1 suspirare suspirares suspirare suspiráremos suspirareis suspiraren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative suspiratú
suspirávos 		suspire suspiremos suspirad suspiren
negative no suspires no suspire no suspiremos no suspiréis no suspiren

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of suspirar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive suspirar
dative suspirarme suspirarte suspirarle, suspirarse suspirarnos suspiraros suspirarles, suspirarse
accusative suspirarme suspirarte suspirarlo, suspirarla, suspirarse suspirarnos suspiraros suspirarlos, suspirarlas, suspirarse
with gerund suspirando
dative suspirándome suspirándote suspirándole, suspirándose suspirándonos suspirándoos suspirándoles, suspirándose
accusative suspirándome suspirándote suspirándolo, suspirándola, suspirándose suspirándonos suspirándoos suspirándolos, suspirándolas, suspirándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative suspira
dative suspírame suspírate suspírale suspíranos not used suspírales
accusative suspírame suspírate suspíralo, suspírala suspíranos not used suspíralos, suspíralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative suspirá
dative suspirame suspirate suspirale suspiranos not used suspirales
accusative suspirame suspirate suspiralo, suspirala suspiranos not used suspiralos, suspiralas
with formal second-person singular imperative suspire
dative suspíreme not used suspírele, suspírese suspírenos not used suspíreles
accusative suspíreme not used suspírelo, suspírela, suspírese suspírenos not used suspírelos, suspírelas
with first-person plural imperative suspiremos
dative not used suspirémoste suspirémosle suspirémonos suspirémoos suspirémosles
accusative not used suspirémoste suspirémoslo, suspirémosla suspirémonos suspirémoos suspirémoslos, suspirémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative suspirad
dative suspiradme not used suspiradle suspiradnos suspiraos suspiradles
accusative suspiradme not used suspiradlo, suspiradla suspiradnos suspiraos suspiradlos, suspiradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative suspiren
dative suspírenme not used suspírenle suspírennos not used suspírenles, suspírense
accusative suspírenme not used suspírenlo, suspírenla suspírennos not used suspírenlos, suspírenlas, suspírense

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