# aspirar
## Asturian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspīrāre.

### Verb

aspirar (first-person singular indicative present aspiro, past participle aspiráu)
* (intransitive) to inhale (to draw air into the lungs)
* to hoover, vacuum-clean

#### Synonyms

* (inhale): inspirar

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspīrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əs.piˈɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [as.piˈɾaɾ]

### Verb

aspirar (first-person singular present aspiro, first-person singular preterite aspirí, past participle aspirat)
* (intransitive) to aspire [with a ‘to’]
* (transitive) to inhale
    Synonym: inhalar
* (transitive) to aspirate

#### Derived terms

* aspirador
* aspiradora

#### Related terms

* aspiració
* aspirant
* aspiratori

#### Further reading

* “aspirar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aspīrāre.

### Verb

aspirar (first-person singular present aspiro, first-person singular preterite aspirei, past participle aspirado)
* to inhale
* to aspirate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* aspiración

#### Further reading

* “aspirar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English aspirate, French aspirer, German aspirieren, Italian aspirare, Russian аспири́ровать (aspirírovatʹ), Spanish aspirar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aspiˈrar/

### Verb

aspirar (present aspiras, past aspiris, future aspiros, conditional aspirus, imperative aspirez)
* (transitive) to inhale, draw in (air, smoke, etc.)
    Antonym: expirar
* (transitive) to suck in or up (liquids)
* (transitive, grammar) to aspirate (a sound)
* (transitive) to aspire: desire eagerly, long for, aim at

#### Derived terms

* aspirajo (“aspirate”)
* aspirilo (“aspirator”)
* aspiro (“inhaling, inbreathing, suction, aspiration: ardent wish”)
* aspiro-signo (“sign of aspiration”)
* aspiro-tubo (“suction pipe”)

### See also

* sugar
* respirar
* ambiciar

### References

* Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 33, 71, 702
* Progreso V (in Ido), 1912–1913, page 156

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspīrāre.

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

aspirar (first-person singular present aspiro, first-person singular preterite aspirei, past participle aspirado)
* (transitive) to vacuum (to clean with a vacuum cleaner)
* (transitive or intransitive) to inhale, to breathe in (to draw air into the lungs)
    Synonyms: inalar, inspirar
* (intransitive or catenative) to aspire (to dream of becoming something) [with a ‘something’ or a (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]
* (phonetics, transitive) to aspirate (to produce a puff of breath with a consonant)

#### Conjugation

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspīrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aspiˈɾaɾ/ [as.piˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: as‧pi‧rar

### Verb

aspirar (first-person singular present aspiro, first-person singular preterite aspiré, past participle aspirado)
* (transitive) to inhale
* to aspire, to desire to be
* to vacuum

#### 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.

#### Derived terms

* aspirador
* aspiradora
* aspirante

#### Related terms

* aspiración

#### Further reading

* “aspirar”, 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