hyperventilate

English

Etymology

hyper- +‎ ventilate

Verb

hyperventilate (third-person singular simple present hyperventilat, present participle ing, simple past and past participle hyperventilated)

1. (intransitive) To breathe quickly and deeply, especially at an abnormally rapid rate.

Synonyms

• overbreathe

Related terms

• hyperventilation
• hyperventilative
• hyperventilator

Translations

to breathe quickly and deeply

• Catalan: hiperventilar (ca)
• Esperanto: anheli (eo)
• Finnish: hyperventiloida
• German: hyperventilieren
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• Hebrew: התנשם
• Spanish: hiperventilar (es)
• Swedish: hyperventilera (sv)