sospirare
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
sospiràre (first-person singular present sospìro, first-person singular past historic sospirài, past participle sospiràto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to sigh
- Synonym: gemere
- (transitive with per) to pine for
- (transitive with a or with no preposition) to yearn for, to long for
- Synonyms: anelare (a), desiderare, tendere (a)
- (intransitive, literary) to breeze, to blow gently
- (transitive, by extension) to anxiously await
- (transitive, archaic, literary) to mourn
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of sospiràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- sospirare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana