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spirare

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spiˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spi‧rà‧re

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Latin spīrāre (to breathe), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-.

    Verb

    spiràre (first-person singular present spìro, first-person singular past historic spirài, past participle spiràto, auxiliary avére)

    1. (intransitive) to blow, to breeze [auxiliary avere]
    2. (transitive, literary) to emanate, to exhale
    3. (transitive, figurative, poetic) to inspire
    4. (transitive or intransitive, archaic or poetic) to breathe [auxiliary avere]
    Conjugation

    Etymology 2

      Inherited from Latin expīrāre, from ex- + spīrō (to breathe).

      Verb

      spiràre (first-person singular present spìro, first-person singular past historic spirài, past participle spiràto, auxiliary èssere)

      1. (intransitive) to expire, pass away, die [auxiliary essere]
      Conjugation

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      Latin

      Verb

      spīrāre

      1. inflection of spīrō:
        1. present active infinitive
        2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

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