aspirazione
Italian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin aspīrātiōnem (“exhalation”). By surface analysis, aspira(re) (“to aspirate”, “to aspire”) + -zione (“-(a)tion”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaspirazione f (plural aspirazioni)
- suction
- ambition, aspiration, purport (an ardent wish or desire)
- (phonetics) aspiration (burst of air)
- draft (of a chimney)