English

Verb

aspire ‎(third-person singular simple present aspires, present participle aspiring, simple past and past participle aspired)

1. (intransitive) To hope or dream; especially to hope or work towards a profession or occupation (followed by to as a preposition or infinitive particle).

   He aspires to become a successful doctor.

   • Alexander Pope

     Aspiring to be angels, men rebel.

2. (transitive, obsolete) To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to.
   • Shakespeare

     That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds.

3. To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.
   • Waller

     My own breath still foments the fire, / Which flames as high as fancy can aspire.

Related terms

• aspiration
• aspirant
• aspiring

Translations

Anagrams

• paries
• Persia
• praise
• spirea

Asturian

Verb

aspire

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of aspirar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of aspirar

French

Verb

aspire

1. first-person singular present indicative of aspirer
2. third-person singular present indicative of aspirer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of aspirer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of aspirer
5. second-person singular imperative of aspirer

Anagrams

• paires, paries, pariés, repais

Galician

Verb

aspire

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of aspirar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of aspirar

Portuguese

Verb

aspire

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of aspirar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of aspirar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of aspirar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of aspirar

Spanish

Verb

aspire

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of aspirar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of aspirar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of aspirar.