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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /spiˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spi‧rà‧re

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin spīrāre (to breathe), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-.

Verb edit

spiràre (first-person singular present spìro, first-person singular past historic spirài, past participle spiràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to blow, to breeze [auxiliary avere]
  2. (transitive, literary) to emanate, to exhale
  3. (transitive, figurative, poetic) to inspire
  4. (transitive or intransitive, archaic or poetic) to breathe [auxiliary avere]
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Etymology 2 edit

From Latin expīrāre, from ex- + spīrō (to breathe).

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spiràre (first-person singular present spìro, first-person singular past historic spirài, past participle spiràto, auxiliary èssere)

  1. (intransitive) to expire, pass away, die [auxiliary essere]
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spīrāre

  1. inflection of spīrō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative