respire

See also respiré

English

Etymology

From Old French respirer, from Latin respīrō, from re- + spīrō.

Verb

respire (third-person singular simple present respires, present participle respiring, simple past and past participle respired)

1. (intransitive) To breathe in and out.
2. (intransitive) To engage in the process of respiration.
3. (intransitive) To recover one's breath or breathe easily following stress.
4. (transitive) To inhale and exhale; to breathe.

Related terms

• respiration
• suspire

Noun

respire (plural respires)

1. (obsolete) Rest, respite.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xi:

     He cast to suffer him no more respire, / But gan his sturdie sterne about to weld, / And him so strongly stroke, that to the ground him feld.

Anagrams

• perries
• reprise

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French

Verb

respire

1. first-person singular present indicative of respirer
2. third-person singular present indicative of respirer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of respirer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of respirer
5. second-person singular imperative of respirer

Anagrams

• pierres, prières, reprise, reprisé

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Portuguese

Verb

respire

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb respirar.
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of verb respirar.
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb respirar.
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb respirar.

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Spanish

Verb

respire (infinitive respirar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of respirar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of respirar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of respirar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of respirar.