suspiro

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

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

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /susˈpi.ɾu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /suʃˈpi.ɾu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /susˈpi.ɾo/

  • Hyphenation: sus‧pi‧ro

Etymology 1

Deverbal from suspirar. Alternatively from Latin suspirium.

Noun

suspiro m (plural suspiros)

  1. sigh
  2. gasp
    no último suspiroat the last gasp.
  3. meringue
    Synonym: merengue

Etymology 2

Verb

suspiro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of suspirar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /susˈpiɾo/ [susˈpi.ɾo]
  • 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[1]:
      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

Further reading