respiración

See also: respiracion

Asturian

Noun

respiración f (plural respiraciones)

1. respiration

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.?

Latin spīrō

Latin respīrō, respīrāre

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin rēspīrātiōnembor.

Spanish respiración

Borrowed from Latin rēspīrātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /respiɾaˈθjon/ [res.pi.ɾaˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /respiɾaˈsjon/ [res.pi.ɾaˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: res‧pi‧ra‧ción

Noun

respiración f (plural respiraciones)

1. respiration
2. breath (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

• respiración artificial
• sin respiración

Related terms

• aspirar
• respirar
• transpirar

See also

• aliento

Further reading

• “respiración”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025