aspirar
Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aspīrāre, present active infinitive of aspīrō.
Verb
aspirar (first-person singular indicative present aspiro, past participle aspiráu)
- (intransitive) to inhale (to draw air into the lungs)
- to hoover, vacuum-clean
Conjugation
Conjugation of aspirar
| infinitive | aspirar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | aspirando | ||||||
| past participle | m aspiráu, f aspirada, n aspirao, m pl aspiraos, f pl aspiraes | ||||||
| person | first singular yo | second singular tu | third singular él/elli | first plural nosotros/nós | second plural vosotros/vós | third plural ellos | |
| indicative | present | aspiro | aspires | aspira | aspiramos | aspiráis | aspiren |
| imperfect | aspiraba | aspirabes | aspiraba | aspirábemos, aspirábamos | aspirabeis, aspirabais | aspiraben | |
| preterite | aspiré | aspirasti, aspiresti | aspiró | aspiremos | aspirastis, aspirestis | aspiraron | |
| pluperfect | aspirare, aspirara | aspirares, aspiraras | aspirare, aspirara | aspiráremos, aspiráramos | aspirareis, aspirarais | aspiraren, aspiraran | |
| future | aspiraré | aspirarás | aspirará | aspiraremos | aspiraréis | aspirarán | |
| conditional | aspiraría | aspiraríes | aspiraría | aspiraríemos, aspiraríamos | aspiraríeis, aspiraríais | aspiraríen | |
| subjunctive | present | aspire | aspires, aspiras | aspire | aspiremos | aspiréis | aspiren, aspiran |
| imperfect | aspirare, aspirara | aspirares, aspiraras | aspirare, aspirara | aspiráremos, aspiráramos | aspirareis, aspirarais | aspiraren, aspiraran | |
| imperative | — | aspira | — | — | aspirái | — | |
Synonyms
- (inhale): inspirar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aspīrāre, present active infinitive of aspīrō.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əs.piˈɾa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /as.piˈɾaɾ/
Verb
aspirar (first-person singular present aspiro, past participle aspirat)
- to aspire
- to inhale
- to aspirate
Conjugation
Conjugation of aspirar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | aspirar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | aspirant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | aspirat | aspirada | |||||
| plural | aspirats | aspirades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | aspiro | aspires | aspira | aspirem | aspireu | aspiren | |
| imperfect | aspirava | aspiraves | aspirava | aspiràvem | aspiràveu | aspiraven | |
| future | aspiraré | aspiraràs | aspirarà | aspirarem | aspirareu | aspiraran | |
| preterite | aspirí | aspirares | aspirà | aspiràrem | aspiràreu | aspiraren | |
| conditional | aspiraria | aspiraries | aspiraria | aspiraríem | aspiraríeu | aspirarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | aspiri | aspiris | aspiri | aspirem | aspireu | aspirin | |
| imperfect | aspirés | aspiressis | aspirés | aspiréssim | aspiréssiu | aspiressin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | aspira | aspiri | aspirem | aspireu | aspirin | ||
Synonyms
- (inhale): inhalar
Related terms
- aspiració
- aspirant
Further reading
- “aspirar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aspīrāre, present active infinitive of aspīrō.
Verb
aspirar (first-person singular present aspiro, first-person singular preterite aspirei, past participle aspirado)
- to inhale
- to aspirate
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of aspirar
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive of aspirar
Conjugation
Conjugation of aspirar
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | aspirar | |||||
| personal | aspirar | aspirares | aspirar | aspirarmos | aspirardes | aspiraren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| aspirando | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | aspirado | aspirados | ||||
| feminine | aspirada | aspiradas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | aspiro | aspiras | aspira | aspiramos | aspirades | aspiran |
| imperfect | aspiraba | aspirabas | aspiraba | aspirabamos | aspirabades | aspiraban |
| preterite | aspirei | aspiraches | aspirou | aspiramos | aspirastes | aspiraron |
| pluperfect | aspirara | aspiraras | aspirara | aspiraramos | aspirarades | aspiraran |
| future | aspirarei | aspirarás | aspirará | aspiraremos | aspiraredes | aspirarán |
| conditional | aspiraría | aspirarías | aspiraría | aspirariamos | aspirariades | aspirarían |
| Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | aspire | aspires | aspire | aspiremos | aspiredes | aspiren |
| preterite | aspirase | aspirases | aspirase | aspirásemos | aspirásedes | aspirasen |
| future | aspirar | aspirares | aspirar | aspirarmos | aspirardes | aspiraren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | aspira | aspire | aspiremos | aspirade | aspiren |
| negative | – | aspires | aspire | aspiremos | aspiredes | aspiren |
Related terms
- aspiración
Further reading
- “aspirar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English aspirate, French aspirer, German aspirieren, Italian aspirare, Russian аспири́ровать (aspirírovatʹ), Spanish aspirar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /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
Conjugation
Conjugation of aspirar
 | present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | aspirar | aspirir | aspiror | ||||
| tense | aspiras | aspiris | aspiros | ||||
| conditional | aspirus | ||||||
| imperative | aspirez | ||||||
| adjective active participle | aspiranta | aspirinta | aspironta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | aspirante | aspirinte | aspironte | ||||
| nominal active participle | singular | aspiranto | aspirinto | aspironto | |||
| plural | aspiranti | aspirinti | aspironti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | aspirata | aspirita | aspirota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | aspirate | aspirite | aspirote | ||||
| nominal passive participle | singular | aspirato | aspirito | aspiroto | |||
| plural | aspirati | aspiriti | aspiroti | ||||
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, pages 33, 71, 702
- Progreso V (in Ido), 1912–1913, page 156
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aspīrāre.
Verb
aspirar (first-person singular present aspiro, first-person singular preterite aspirei, past participle aspirado)
- (transitive) to vacuum (to clean with a vacuum cleaner)
- (intransitive) to inspire (to draw air into the lungs)
- Synonyms: inalar, inspirar
- (transitive or auxiliary with a and a verb in the impersonal infinitive) to aspire (to dream of becoming something)
- (phonetics, transitive) to aspirate (to produce a puff of breath with a consonant)
Conjugation
Conjugation of aspirar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | aspirar | |||||
| Personal | aspirar | aspirares | aspirar | aspirarmos | aspirardes | aspirarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| aspirando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | aspirado | aspirados | ||||
| Feminine | aspirada | aspiradas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | aspiro | aspiras | aspira | aspiramos | aspirais | aspiram |
| Imperfect | aspirava | aspiravas | aspirava | aspirávamos | aspiráveis | aspiravam |
| Preterite | aspirei | aspiraste | aspirou | aspiramos1, aspirámos2 | aspirastes | aspiraram |
| Pluperfect | aspirara | aspiraras | aspirara | aspiráramos | aspiráreis | aspiraram |
| Future | aspirarei | aspirarás | aspirará | aspiraremos | aspirareis | aspirarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| aspiraria | aspirarias | aspiraria | aspiraríamos | aspiraríeis | aspirariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | aspire | aspires | aspire | aspiremos | aspireis | aspirem |
| Imperfect | aspirasse | aspirasses | aspirasse | aspirássemos | aspirásseis | aspirassem |
| Future | aspirar | aspirares | aspirar | aspirarmos | aspirardes | aspirarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | aspira | aspire | aspiremos | aspirai | aspirem | |
| Negative (não) | não aspires | não aspire | não aspiremos | não aspireis | não aspirem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aspīrāre, present active infinitive of aspīrō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /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
Conjugation of aspirar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | aspirar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | aspirando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | aspirado | aspirada | |||||
| plural | aspirados | aspiradas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | aspiro | aspirastú aspirásvos | aspira | aspiramos | aspiráis | aspiran | |
| imperfect | aspiraba | aspirabas | aspiraba | aspirábamos | aspirabais | aspiraban | |
| preterite | aspiré | aspiraste | aspiró | aspiramos | aspirasteis | aspiraron | |
| future | aspiraré | aspirarás | aspirará | aspiraremos | aspiraréis | aspirarán | |
| conditional | aspiraría | aspirarías | aspiraría | aspiraríamos | aspiraríais | aspirarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | aspire | aspirestú aspirésvos2 | aspire | aspiremos | aspiréis | aspiren | |
| imperfect (ra) | aspirara | aspiraras | aspirara | aspiráramos | aspirarais | aspiraran | |
| imperfect (se) | aspirase | aspirases | aspirase | aspirásemos | aspiraseis | aspirasen | |
| future1 | aspirare | aspirares | aspirare | aspiráremos | aspirareis | aspiraren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | aspiratú aspirávos | aspire | aspiremos | aspirad | aspiren | ||
| negative | no aspires | no aspire | no aspiremos | no aspiréis | no aspiren | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of aspirar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive aspirar | |||||||
| dative | aspirarme | aspirarte | aspirarle, aspirarse | aspirarnos | aspiraros | aspirarles, aspirarse | |
| accusative | aspirarme | aspirarte | aspirarlo, aspirarla, aspirarse | aspirarnos | aspiraros | aspirarlos, aspirarlas, aspirarse | |
| with gerund aspirando | |||||||
| dative | aspirándome | aspirándote | aspirándole, aspirándose | aspirándonos | aspirándoos | aspirándoles, aspirándose | |
| accusative | aspirándome | aspirándote | aspirándolo, aspirándola, aspirándose | aspirándonos | aspirándoos | aspirándolos, aspirándolas, aspirándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative aspira | |||||||
| dative | aspírame | aspírate | aspírale | aspíranos | not used | aspírales | |
| accusative | aspírame | aspírate | aspíralo, aspírala | aspíranos | not used | aspíralos, aspíralas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative aspirá | |||||||
| dative | aspirame | aspirate | aspirale | aspiranos | not used | aspirales | |
| accusative | aspirame | aspirate | aspiralo, aspirala | aspiranos | not used | aspiralos, aspiralas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative aspire | |||||||
| dative | aspíreme | not used | aspírele, aspírese | aspírenos | not used | aspíreles | |
| accusative | aspíreme | not used | aspírelo, aspírela, aspírese | aspírenos | not used | aspírelos, aspírelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative aspiremos | |||||||
| dative | not used | aspirémoste | aspirémosle | aspirémonos | aspirémoos | aspirémosles | |
| accusative | not used | aspirémoste | aspirémoslo, aspirémosla | aspirémonos | aspirémoos | aspirémoslos, aspirémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative aspirad | |||||||
| dative | aspiradme | not used | aspiradle | aspiradnos | aspiraos | aspiradles | |
| accusative | aspiradme | not used | aspiradlo, aspiradla | aspiradnos | aspiraos | aspiradlos, aspiradlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative aspiren | |||||||
| dative | aspírenme | not used | aspírenle | aspírennos | not used | aspírenles, aspírense | |
| accusative | aspírenme | not used | aspírenlo, aspírenla | aspírennos | not used | aspírenlos, aspírenlas, aspírense | |
Derived terms
- aspirador
- aspiradora
- aspirante
Related terms
- aspiración
Further reading
- “aspirar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014