respiro

See also: respiró and respirò

Asturian

Verb

respiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of respirar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /rəsˈpi.ɾo/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /rəsˈpi.ɾu/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /resˈpi.ɾo/

Verb

respiro

1. first-person singular present indicative form of respirar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈspi.ro/
• Rhymes: -iro
• Syllabification: re‧spì‧ro

Etymology 1

Deverbal from respirare +‎ -o.

Noun

respiro m (plural respiri)

1. breath

   Synonym: fiato

Related terms

• respirazione

Etymology 2

Verb

respiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of respirare

Further reading

• respiro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• riperso, riporse, ripreso, spirerò, sporrei

Latin

Etymology

From re- (“back; again”) +‎ spīrō (“to breathe, blow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /resˈpiː.roː/, [rɛs̠ˈpiːroː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /resˈpi.ro/, [resˈpiːro]

Verb

respīrō (present infinitive respīrāre, perfect active respīrāvī, supine respīrātum); first conjugation

1. (literally, transitive) to blow or breathe back; to breathe out, exhale
2. (transferred sense, intransitive)
   1. (literally) to take breath; to breathe, respire
   2. (figuratively) to fetch one's breath again, recover breath; to recover, revive, be relieved or refreshed after anything difficult
      1. (transferred sense) to abate, diminish, cease

Inflection

Conjugation of respīrō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	respīrō	respīrās	respīrat	respīrāmus	respīrātis	respīrant
	imperfect	respīrābam	respīrābās	respīrābat	respīrābāmus	respīrābātis	respīrābant
	future	respīrābō	respīrābis	respīrābit	respīrābimus	respīrābitis	respīrābunt
	perfect	respīrāvī	respīrāvistī	respīrāvit	respīrāvimus	respīrāvistis	respīrāvērunt, respīrāvēre
	pluperfect	respīrāveram	respīrāverās	respīrāverat	respīrāverāmus	respīrāverātis	respīrāverant
	future perfect	respīrāverō	respīrāveris	respīrāverit	respīrāverimus	respīrāveritis	respīrāverint
passive	present	respīror	respīrāris, respīrāre	respīrātur	respīrāmur	respīrāminī	respīrantur
	imperfect	respīrābar	respīrābāris, respīrābāre	respīrābātur	respīrābāmur	respīrābāminī	respīrābantur
	future	respīrābor	respīrāberis, respīrābere	respīrābitur	respīrābimur	respīrābiminī	respīrābuntur
	perfect	respīrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	respīrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	respīrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	respīrem	respīrēs	respīret	respīrēmus	respīrētis	respīrent
	imperfect	respīrārem	respīrārēs	respīrāret	respīrārēmus	respīrārētis	respīrārent
	perfect	respīrāverim	respīrāverīs	respīrāverit	respīrāverīmus	respīrāverītis	respīrāverint
	pluperfect	respīrāvissem	respīrāvissēs	respīrāvisset	respīrāvissēmus	respīrāvissētis	respīrāvissent
passive	present	respīrer	respīrēris, respīrēre	respīrētur	respīrēmur	respīrēminī	respīrentur
	imperfect	respīrārer	respīrārēris, respīrārēre	respīrārētur	respīrārēmur	respīrārēminī	respīrārentur
	perfect	respīrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	respīrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	respīrā	—	—	respīrāte	—
	future	—	respīrātō	respīrātō	—	respīrātōte	respīrantō
passive	present	—	respīrāre	—	—	respīrāminī	—
	future	—	respīrātor	respīrātor	—	—	respīrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		respīrāre	respīrāvisse	respīrātūrum esse	respīrārī	respīrātum esse	respīrātum īrī
participles		respīrāns	—	respīrātūrus	—	respīrātus	respīrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		respīrandī	respīrandō	respīrandum	respīrandō	respīrātum	respīrātū

Derived terms

• respīrāculum
• respīrāmen
• respīrāmentum
• respīrātiō
• respīrātus

 

Related terms

• aspīrō
• cōnspīrō
• exspīrō
• īnspīrō
• interspīrō
• perspīrō
• prōspīrō
• spīrō
• suspīrō

 

Descendants

Descendants of respīrō in other languages

• → Asturian: respirar
• → Italian: respirare
• → Old French: respirer
  • → Middle English: respiren
    • English: respire
  • Middle French: respirer
    • French: respirer
  • Norman: respither (Jersey)
  • → Walloon: respirer
• Old Occitan: respirar
  • Catalan: respirar
  • Occitan: respirar
• Old Portuguese: respirar
  • Galician: respirar
  • Portuguese: respirar
• Old Spanish: respirar
  • Spanish: respirar
• Piedmontese: respiré
• Romanian: respira
• Romansch: respirar, respirer

References

• “respiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “respiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• respiro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to recover from one's fright: a metu respirare (Cluent. 70. 200)
    

Portuguese

Verb

respiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of respirar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian respiro.

Noun

respiro n (uncountable)

1. respite

Declension

declension of respiro (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) respiro	respiroul
genitive/dative	(unui) respiro	respiroului
vocative	respiroule

References

• respiro in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /resˈpiɾo/ [resˈpi.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -iɾo
• Syllabification: res‧pi‧ro

Noun

respiro m (plural respiros)

1. breath
2. break, respite, breather, relief, reprieve, rest

   ¡Dame un respiro! ― Give me a break!

   Dale un respiro. ― Give it a rest.

3. breathing room, breathing space, slack

   Dale un respiro. Ella está realmente tratando de cambiar.

   Cut her some slack. She's really trying to change.

Related terms

• respiración
• respirar

 

Verb

respiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of respirar

Further reading

• “respiro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014