espirar

From Latin spīrāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.piˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.piˈɾaɾ]

espirar (first-person singular present espiro, first-person singular preterite espirí, past participle espirat)

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

• espira

• expirar

• “espirar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Latin spīrāre.

espirar (first-person singular present espiro, first-person singular preterite espirei, past participle espirado)

1. (ambitransitive) to exhale

   Antonym: inspirar

Borrowed from Latin spīrāre.

• IPA^(key): /espiˈɾaɾ/ [es.piˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧pi‧rar

espirar (first-person singular present espiro, first-person singular preterite espiré, past participle espirado)

1. (ambitransitive) to exhale

   Antonyms: inhalar, inspirar

• “espirar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024