hálito

See also: halito

Galician

Noun

hálito m (plural hálitos)

1. breath, puff
2. breeze, gust

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.li.tu/

• Hyphenation: há‧li‧to

Noun

hálito m (plural hálitos)

1. exhaled air
2. the scent of exhaled air or of the air from one's mouth
3. whiff (a waft; a brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin halitus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalito/ [ˈa.li.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -alito
• Syllabification: há‧li‧to

Noun

hálito m (plural hálitos)

1. (poetic) breath (from the mouth)

   Synonym: aliento

2. waft; a brief, gentle breeze

   Synonym: vaharada

3. whiff

   Synonym: vaho

Further reading

• “hálito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10