# suspirar
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sospirar, from Latin suspīrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /suspiˈɾaɾ/

### Verb

suspirar (first-person singular present suspiro, first-person singular preterite suspirei, past participle suspirado)
* (archaic) to inhale, to breathe
** 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 466:Et caýo sóbrelo leyto, en gisa que todos coydauã que era morto, en gisa que el nõ sospiraua, nẽ bafeiaua nẽ ponto.And he fell over the bed in a way that everyone thought that he was dead, as he was neither inhaling nor exhaling, not even a bit
* to sigh
    Synonym: salaiar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* suspiro

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “suspirar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “suspir”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “suspirar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “suspirar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “suspirar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “suspirar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “suspirar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Interlingua
### Verb

suspirar
* to sigh

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | suspirar | suspirar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | suspirante | suspirate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | suspira | ha suspirate |
| active | past | suspirava | habeva suspirate |
| active | future | suspirara | habera suspirate |
| active | conditional | suspirarea | haberea suspirate |
| active | imperative | suspira | |

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese suspirar, sospirar, from Latin suspīrāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /sus.piˈɾa(ʁ)/ [sus.piˈɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /sus.piˈɾa(ʁ)/ [sus.piˈɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /sus.piˈɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /suʃ.piˈɾa(ʁ)/ [suʃ.piˈɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /sus.piˈɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /suʃ.piˈɾaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /suʃ.piˈɾaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /suʃ.piˈɾa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: sus‧pi‧rar

### Verb

suspirar (first-person singular present suspiro, first-person singular preterite suspirei, past participle suspirado)
* (intransitive) to sigh
* (transitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* suspiro

#### Related terms

* respirar
* inspirar
* expirar
* aspirar

### Further reading

* “suspirar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “suspirar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “suspirar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “suspirar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “suspirar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “suspirar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sospirar, from Latin suspirāre. Cognate with English suspire.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /suspiˈɾaɾ/ [sus.piˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: sus‧pi‧rar

### Verb

suspirar (first-person singular present suspiro, first-person singular preterite suspiré, past participle suspirado)
* (intransitive) to sigh

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* suspiro

### References

* Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “espirar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 748

### Further reading

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