suspiro

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See also: suspiró

Galician

Verb

suspiro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of suspirar

Interlingua

Noun

suspiro (plural suspiros)

  1. sigh

Latin

Etymology

From sub- +‎ spīrō.

Pronunciation

Verb

suspīrō (present infinitive suspīrāre, perfect active suspīrāvī, supine suspīrātum); first conjugation

  1. to sigh, utter with a sigh
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.417:
      hanc cupit, hanc optat, sōla suspīrat in illā
      Her he desires — her he longs after — for her alone he sighs
      1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Trans. & notes by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 28.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of suspīrō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present suspīrō suspīrās suspīrat suspīrāmus suspīrātis suspīrant
imperfect suspīrābam suspīrābās suspīrābat suspīrābāmus suspīrābātis suspīrābant
future suspīrābō suspīrābis suspīrābit suspīrābimus suspīrābitis suspīrābunt
perfect suspīrāvī suspīrāvistī suspīrāvit suspīrāvimus suspīrāvistis suspīrāvērunt,
suspīrāvēre
pluperfect suspīrāveram suspīrāverās suspīrāverat suspīrāverāmus suspīrāverātis suspīrāverant
future perfect suspīrāverō suspīrāveris suspīrāverit suspīrāverimus suspīrāveritis suspīrāverint
passive present suspīror suspīrāris,
suspīrāre 		suspīrātur suspīrāmur suspīrāminī suspīrantur
imperfect suspīrābar suspīrābāris,
suspīrābāre 		suspīrābātur suspīrābāmur suspīrābāminī suspīrābantur
future suspīrābor suspīrāberis,
suspīrābere 		suspīrābitur suspīrābimur suspīrābiminī suspīrābuntur
perfect suspīrātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect suspīrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect suspīrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present suspīrem suspīrēs suspīret suspīrēmus suspīrētis suspīrent
imperfect suspīrārem suspīrārēs suspīrāret suspīrārēmus suspīrārētis suspīrārent
perfect suspīrāverim suspīrāverīs suspīrāverit suspīrāverīmus suspīrāverītis suspīrāverint
pluperfect suspīrāvissem suspīrāvissēs suspīrāvisset suspīrāvissēmus suspīrāvissētis suspīrāvissent
passive present suspīrer suspīrēris,
suspīrēre 		suspīrētur suspīrēmur suspīrēminī suspīrentur
imperfect suspīrārer suspīrārēris,
suspīrārēre 		suspīrārētur suspīrārēmur suspīrārēminī suspīrārentur
perfect suspīrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect suspīrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — suspīrā — — suspīrāte —
future — suspīrātō suspīrātō — suspīrātōte suspīrantō
passive present — suspīrāre — — suspīrāminī —
future — suspīrātor suspīrātor — — suspīrantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives suspīrāre suspīrāvisse suspīrātūrum esse suspīrārī suspīrātum esse suspīrātum īrī
participles suspīrāns — suspīrātūrus — suspīrātus suspīrandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
suspīrandī suspīrandō suspīrandum suspīrandō suspīrātum suspīrātū

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • “suspiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “suspiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • suspiro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: sus‧pi‧ro

Etymology 1

Deverbal from suspirar. Alternatively from Latin suspirium.

Noun

suspiro m (plural suspiros)

  1. sigh
  2. gasp
    no último suspiro ― at the last gasp.
  3. meringue
    Synonym: merengue

Etymology 2

Verb

suspiro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of suspirar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /susˈpiɾo/
  • Rhymes: -iɾo
  • Syllabification: sus‧pi‧ro

Etymology 1

Deverbal from suspirar, or from Latin suspīrium.

Noun

suspiro m (plural suspiros)

  1. sigh
  2. (by extension, colloquial) instant (brief moment)
    • 2022 December 8, Juan Diego Quesada, Inés Santaeulalia, “Los 180 minutos que hicieron temblar Perú”, in El País‎:
      El pulso al orden constitucional duró un suspiro, lo que tardaron los militares en hacer un escueto comunicado en el que anunciaban que no respaldaban su aventura golpista.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. various small pastries of high sugar content
  4. meringue
    Synonym: merengue
  5. Nolana (type of flower)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

suspiro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of suspirar

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