aspirar
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Asturian
Etymology
Verb
aspirar (first-person singular indicative present aspiro, past participle aspiráu)
- (intransitive) to inhale (to draw air into the lungs)
- to hoover, vacuum-clean
Conjugation
Conjugation of aspirar
Synonyms
- (inhale): inspirar
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
aspirar (first-person singular present aspiro, first-person singular preterite aspirí, past participle aspirat)
- (intransitive) to aspire [with a ‘to’]
- (transitive) to inhale
- Synonym: inhalar
- (transitive) to aspirate
Conjugation
| infinitive | aspirar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | aspirant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | aspirat | aspirada | |||||
| plural | aspirats | aspirades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | aspiro | aspires | aspira | aspirem | aspireu | aspiren | |
| imperfect | aspirava | aspiraves | aspirava | aspiràvem | aspiràveu | aspiraven | |
| future | aspiraré | aspiraràs | aspirarà | aspirarem | aspirareu | aspiraran | |
| preterite | aspirí | aspirares | aspirà | aspiràrem | aspiràreu | aspiraren | |
| conditional | aspiraria | aspiraries | aspiraria | aspiraríem | aspiraríeu | aspirarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | aspiri | aspiris | aspiri | aspirem | aspireu | aspirin | |
| imperfect | aspirés | aspiressis | aspirés | aspiréssim | aspiréssiu | aspiressin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | aspira | aspiri | aspirem | aspireu | aspirin | |
| negative (no) | — | no aspiris | no aspiri | no aspirem | no aspireu | no aspirin | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “aspirar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin aspīrāre.
Verb
aspirar (first-person singular present aspiro, first-person singular preterite aspirei, past participle aspirado)
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
Related terms
Further reading
- “aspirar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English aspirate, French aspirer, German aspirieren, Italian aspirare, Russian аспири́ровать (aspirírovatʹ), Spanish aspirar.
Pronunciation
Verb
aspirar (present aspiras, past aspiris, future aspiros, conditional aspirus, imperative aspirez)
- (transitive) to inhale, draw in (air, smoke, etc.)
- Antonym: expirar
- (transitive) to suck in or up (liquids)
- (transitive, grammar) to aspirate (a sound)
- (transitive) to aspire: desire eagerly, long for, aim at
Conjugation
 |
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
- aspirajo (“aspirate”)
- aspirilo (“aspirator”)
- aspiro (“inhaling, inbreathing, suction, aspiration: ardent wish”)
- aspiro-signo (“sign of aspiration”)
- aspiro-tubo (“suction pipe”)
See also
References
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: as‧pi‧rar
Verb
aspirar (first-person singular present aspiro, first-person singular preterite aspirei, past participle aspirado)
- (transitive) to vacuum (to clean with a vacuum cleaner)
- (transitive or intransitive) to inhale, to breathe in (to draw air into the lungs)
- (intransitive or catenative) to aspire (to dream of becoming something) [with a ‘something’ or a (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]
- (phonetics, transitive) to aspirate (to produce a puff of breath with a consonant)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
aspirar (first-person singular present aspiro, first-person singular preterite aspiré, past participle aspirado)
- (transitive) to inhale
- to aspire, to desire to be
- to vacuum
Conjugation
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive aspirar | dative | aspirarme | aspirarte | aspirarle, aspirarse | aspirarnos | aspiraros | aspirarles, aspirarse |
| accusative | aspirarme | aspirarte | aspirarlo, aspirarla, aspirarse | aspirarnos | aspiraros | aspirarlos, aspirarlas, aspirarse | |
| with gerund aspirando | dative | aspirándome | aspirándote | aspirándole, aspirándose | aspirándonos | aspirándoos | aspirándoles, aspirándose |
| accusative | aspirándome | aspirándote | aspirándolo, aspirándola, aspirándose | aspirándonos | aspirándoos | aspirándolos, aspirándolas, aspirándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative aspira | dative | aspírame | aspírate | aspírale | aspíranos | not used | aspírales |
| accusative | aspírame | aspírate | aspíralo, aspírala | aspíranos | not used | aspíralos, aspíralas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative aspirá | dative | aspirame | aspirate | aspirale | aspiranos | not used | aspirales |
| accusative | aspirame | aspirate | aspiralo, aspirala | aspiranos | not used | aspiralos, aspiralas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative aspire | dative | aspíreme | not used | aspírele, aspírese | aspírenos | not used | aspíreles |
| accusative | aspíreme | not used | aspírelo, aspírela, aspírese | aspírenos | not used | aspírelos, aspírelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative aspiremos | dative | not used | aspirémoste | aspirémosle | aspirémonos | aspirémoos | aspirémosles |
| accusative | not used | aspirémoste | aspirémoslo, aspirémosla | aspirémonos | aspirémoos | aspirémoslos, aspirémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative aspirad | dative | aspiradme | not used | aspiradle | aspiradnos | aspiraos | aspiradles |
| accusative | aspiradme | not used | aspiradlo, aspiradla | aspiradnos | aspiraos | aspiradlos, aspiradlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative aspiren | dative | aspírenme | not used | aspírenle | aspírennos | not used | aspírenles, aspírense |
| accusative | aspírenme | not used | aspírenlo, aspírenla | aspírennos | not used | aspírenlos, aspírenlas, aspírense | |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “aspirar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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