aspiro

See also: aspirò and aspiró

Asturian

Verb

aspiro

first-person singular present indicative of aspirar

Catalan

Verb

aspiro

first-person singular present indicative of aspirar

Galician

Verb

aspiro

first-person singular present indicative of aspirar

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈspi.ro/
Rhymes: -iro
Hyphenation: a‧spì‧ro

Verb

aspiro

first-person singular present indicative of aspirare

Anagrams

Ipsaro, prasio, raspio, riposa, sapori, sopirà

Latin

Alternative forms

adspīrō

Etymology

From ad- +‎ spīrō (“breathe”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /asˈpiː.roː/, [äs̠ˈpiːroː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈpi.ro/, [äsˈpiːro]

Verb

aspīrō (present infinitive aspīrāre, perfect active aspīrāvī, supine aspīrātum); first conjugation

(intransitive) to breathe or blow upon
(intransitive) to be favorable to, assist, favor, aid
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.2–4:
  […] dī, coeptīs (nam vōs mūtāstis et illa)
  adspīrāte meīs prīmāque ab orīgine mundī
  ad mea perpetuum dēdūcite tempora carmen!
  O gods, favor my undertakings (for you have changed them too), and lead my uninterrupted song down from the first origin of the world to my times!
(intransitive) to aspire or desire (to); approach, come near (to)
(intransitive, with dative) to aspirate (follow a consonant with an audible puff of breath)
(transitive) to breathe or blow upon, infuse, instill
(transitive, of the sea) to wash

Conjugation

Conjugation of aspīrō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	aspīrō	aspīrās		aspīrat	aspīrāmus	aspīrātis		aspīrant
	imperfect	aspīrābam	aspīrābās		aspīrābat	aspīrābāmus	aspīrābātis		aspīrābant
	future	aspīrābō	aspīrābis		aspīrābit	aspīrābimus	aspīrābitis		aspīrābunt
	perfect	aspīrāvī	aspīrāvistī		aspīrāvit	aspīrāvimus	aspīrāvistis		aspīrāvērunt, aspīrāvēre
	pluperfect	aspīrāveram	aspīrāverās		aspīrāverat	aspīrāverāmus	aspīrāverātis		aspīrāverant
	future perfect	aspīrāverō	aspīrāveris		aspīrāverit	aspīrāverimus	aspīrāveritis		aspīrāverint
passive	present	aspīror	aspīrāris, aspīrāre		aspīrātur	aspīrāmur	aspīrāminī		aspīrantur
	imperfect	aspīrābar	aspīrābāris, aspīrābāre		aspīrābātur	aspīrābāmur	aspīrābāminī		aspīrābantur
	future	aspīrābor	aspīrāberis, aspīrābere		aspīrābitur	aspīrābimur	aspīrābiminī		aspīrābuntur
	perfect	aspīrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	aspīrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	aspīrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	aspīrem	aspīrēs		aspīret	aspīrēmus	aspīrētis		aspīrent
	imperfect	aspīrārem	aspīrārēs		aspīrāret	aspīrārēmus	aspīrārētis		aspīrārent
	perfect	aspīrāverim	aspīrāverīs		aspīrāverit	aspīrāverīmus	aspīrāverītis		aspīrāverint
	pluperfect	aspīrāvissem	aspīrāvissēs		aspīrāvisset	aspīrāvissēmus	aspīrāvissētis		aspīrāvissent
passive	present	aspīrer	aspīrēris, aspīrēre		aspīrētur	aspīrēmur	aspīrēminī		aspīrentur
	imperfect	aspīrārer	aspīrārēris, aspīrārēre		aspīrārētur	aspīrārēmur	aspīrārēminī		aspīrārentur
	perfect	aspīrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	aspīrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	aspīrā		—	—	aspīrāte		—
active	future	—	aspīrātō		aspīrātō	—	aspīrātōte		aspīrantō
passive	present	—	aspīrāre		—	—	aspīrāminī		—
passive	future	—	aspīrātor		aspīrātor	—	—		aspīrantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		aspīrāre		aspīrārī		aspīrāns		—
future		aspīrātūrum esse		aspīrātum īrī		aspīrātūrus		aspīrandus
perfect		aspīrāvisse		aspīrātum esse		—		aspīrātus
future perfect		—		aspīrātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		aspīrātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		aspīrandī	aspīrandō		aspīrandum	aspīrandō	aspīrātum		aspīrātū

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Danish: aspirere
→ Dutch: aspireren
→ English: aspirate, aspire
Esperanto: aspiri
→ Finnish: aspiroida
French: aspirer
Galician: aspirar
→ German: aspirieren
Ido: aspirar
Interlingua: aspirar
Italian: aspirare
→ Norwegian Bokmål: aspirere
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: aspirera, aspirere
Occitan: aspirar
Portuguese: aspirar
Romanian: aspira
→ Serbo-Croatian: аспири́рати/aspirírati
→ Slovene: aspirirati
Spanish: aspirar
→ Swedish: aspirera

References

“aspiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“aspiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
aspiro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

aspiro

first-person singular present indicative of aspirar

Spanish

Verb

aspiro

first-person singular present indicative of aspirar