Asturian

Verb

respiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of respirar

Catalan

Verb

respiro

1. first-person singular present indicative form of respirar

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iro

Verb

respiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of respirare

Noun

respiro m ‎(plural respiri)

1. breath

Related terms

• respirare
• respirazione

Anagrams

• riperso, riporse, ripreso, spirerò, sporrei

Latin

Etymology

From re- ‎(“back; again”) +‎ spīrō ‎(“breathe”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /resˈpiː.roː/, [rɛsˈpiː.roː]

Verb

respīrō ‎(present infinitive respīrāre, perfect active respīrāvī, supine respīrātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) I blow or breathe back; breathe out, exhale
2. (intransitive) I breathe, respire.
3. (intransitive, figuratively) I recover breath; recover, revive.
4. (intransitive, figuratively) I abate, diminish, cease.

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Descendants

References

• respiro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• respiro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “respiro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to recover from one's fright: a metu respirare (Cluent. 70. 200)
    

Portuguese

Verb

respiro

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of respirar

Spanish

Noun

respiro m ‎(plural respiros)

1. breath

Related terms

• respirar
• respiración

Verb

respiro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of respirar.