respirar

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin respīrāre.

Verb

respirar (first-person singular indicative present respiro, past participle respiráu)

1. to breathe

   Synonym: alendar

Conjugation

Conjugation of respirar

infinitive		respirar
gerund		respirando
past participle		m respiráu, f respirada, n respirao, m pl respiraos, f pl respiraes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	respiro	respires	respira	respiramos	respiráis	respiren
	imperfect	respiraba	respirabes	respiraba	respirábemos, respirábamos	respirabeis, respirabais	respiraben
	preterite	respiré	respirasti, respiresti	respiró	respiremos	respirastis, respirestis	respiraron
	pluperfect	respirare, respirara	respirares, respiraras	respirare, respirara	respiráremos, respiráramos	respirareis, respirarais	respiraren, respiraran
	future	respiraré	respirarás	respirará	respiraremos	respiraréis	respirarán
	conditional	respiraría	respiraríes	respiraría	respiraríemos, respiraríamos	respiraríeis, respiraríais	respiraríen
subjunctive	present	respire	respires, respiras	respire	respiremos	respiréis	respiren, respiran
	imperfect	respirare, respirara	respirares, respiraras	respirare, respirara	respiráremos, respiráramos	respirareis, respirarais	respiraren, respiraran
imperative		—	respira	—	—	respirái	—

Related terms

• respiratoriu

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin respīrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [rəs.piˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [res.piˈɾaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [res.piˈɾa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

respirar (first-person singular present respiro, first-person singular preterite respirí, past participle respirat)

1. to breathe

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of respirar (first conjugation)

infinitive			respirar
gerund			respirant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		respirat		respirada
		plural		respirats		respirades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	respiro	respires	respira	respirem	respireu	respiren
	imperfect	respirava	respiraves	respirava	respiràvem	respiràveu	respiraven
	future	respiraré	respiraràs	respirarà	respirarem	respirareu	respiraran
	preterite	respirí	respirares	respirà	respiràrem	respiràreu	respiraren
	conditional	respiraria	respiraries	respiraria	respiraríem	respiraríeu	respirarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	respiri	respiris	respiri	respirem	respireu	respirin
	imperfect	respirés	respiressis	respirés	respiréssim	respiréssiu	respiressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	respira	respiri	respirem	respireu	respirin
	negative (no)	—	no respiris	no respiri	no respirem	no respireu	no respirin

Derived terms

• respirador

References

• “respirar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “respirar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “respirar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “respirar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

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

Latin spīrō

Latin respīrāre

Galician respirar

Inherited from Latin respīrāre.

Verb

respirar (first-person singular present respiro, first-person singular preterite respirei, past participle respirado)

1. to breathe

Conjugation

    Conjugation of respirar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	respirar
Personal	respirar	respirares	respirar	respirarmos	respirardes	respiraren
Gerund
	respirando
Past participle
Masculine	respirado			respirados
Feminine	respirada			respiradas
Indicative
Present	respiro	respiras	respira	respiramos	respirades	respiran
Imperfect	respiraba	respirabas	respiraba	respirabamos	respirabades	respiraban
Preterite	respirei	respiraches	respirou	respiramos	respirastes	respiraron
Pluperfect	respirara	respiraras	respirara	respiraramos	respirarades	respiraran
Future	respirarei	respirarás	respirará	respiraremos	respiraredes	respirarán
Conditional	respiraría	respirarías	respiraría	respirariamos	respirariades	respirarían
Subjunctive
Present	respire	respires	respire	respiremos	respiredes	respiren
Imperfect	respirase	respirases	respirase	respirásemos	respirásedes	respirasen
Future	respirar	respirares	respirar	respirarmos	respirardes	respiraren
Imperative
Affirmative		respira	respire	respiremos	respirade	respiren
Negative (non)		non respires	non respire	non respiremos	non respiredes	non respiren

    Reintegrated conjugation of respirar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	respirar
Personal	respirar	respirares	respirar	respirarmos	respirardes	respirarem
Gerund
	respirando
Past participle
Masculine	respirado			respirados
Feminine	respirada			respiradas
Indicative
Present	respiro	respiras	respira	respiramos	respirades, respirais	respiram
Imperfect	respirava	respiravas	respirava	respirávamos	respirávades, respiráveis, respirávais1	respiravam
Preterite	respirei	respiraste, respirache1	respirou	respiramos	respirastes	respirárom, respiraram
Pluperfect	respirara	respiraras	respirara	respiráramos	respirárades, respiráreis, respirárais1	respiraram
Future	respirarei	respirarás	respirará	respiraremos	respiraredes, respirareis	respirarám, respirarão
Conditional	respiraria	respirarias	respiraria	respiraríamos	respiraríades, respiraríeis, respiraríais1	respirariam
Subjunctive
Present	respire	respires	respire	respiremos	respiredes, respireis	respirem
Imperfect	respirasse	respirasses	respirasse	respirássemos	respirássedes, respirásseis	respirassem
Future	respirar	respirares	respirar	respirarmos	respirardes	respirarem
Imperative
Affirmative		respira	respire	respiremos	respirade, respirai	respirem
Negative (nom)		nom respires	nom respire	nom respiremos	nom respiredes, nom respireis	nom respirem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• respirable
• respiración
• respiradoiro
• respirador
• respiratorio
• respiro

Further reading

• “respirar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English respire, French respirer, German respirieren, Italian respirare, Spanish respirar, from Latin respīrō. Compare Esperanto spiri.

Verb

respirar (present tense respiras, past tense respiris, future tense respiros, imperative respirez, conditional respirus)

1. (ambitransitive) to breathe

Conjugation

Conjugation of respirar

		present		past		future
infinitive		respirar		respirir		respiror
tense		respiras		respiris		respiros
conditional		respirus		—		—
imperative		respirez		—		—
adjective active participle		respiranta		respirinta		respironta
adverbial active participle		respirante		respirinte		respironte
nominal active participle	singular	respiranto		respirinto		respironto
	plural	respiranti		respirinti		respironti
adjective passive participle		respirata		respirita		respirota
adverbial passive participle		respirate		respirite		respirote
nominal passive participle	singular	respirato		respirito		respiroto
	plural	respirati		respiriti		respiroti

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /res.piˈrar/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: re‧spi‧ràr

Verb

respirar (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of respirare

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish respirar, from Latin respīrāre. Cognate with English respire.

Verb

respirar (Hebrew spelling ריספיראר)

1. (ambitransitive) to breathe (draw in air and let it out)
   • 2018, Laura Papo Bohoreta, edited by María José Cano, Nela Kovačević, La mujer sefardí‎^[1], Editorial Universidad de Granada, →ISBN, page 86:

     I alora estos dos, tan mansevos, ja espozos, đenitores, respiravan un poko mas kontentes!

     So these two, being young, now married fathers, breathed a little more easily!

2. (figurative, reflexive) to be inspirational
   • 1987, Aki Yerushalayim‎^[2], numbers 32-40, page 43:

     Veo las fachas koreladas de la kalor del karvon i del eksitamiento por las muevas — viejas konsejas ke se gostavan, ke se respiravan i se azian muestras.

     I see the faces red from heated coal and excited by the news — old tales that were pleasing, inspirational and becoming ours.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of respirar

infinitive		simple		respirar
		compound		aver respirado
gerund		simple		respirando
		compound		aviendo respirado
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		respirado		respirados
		feminine		respirada		respiradas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él / ella	mosotros mosós	vosotros vosós / vós	ellos / ellas
	present	respiro	respiras	respira	respiramos	respiráx	respiran
	imperfect	respirava	respiravas	respirava	respirávamos	respiravax	respiravan
	preterite	respirí	respirates	respiró	respirimos	respiratex	respiraron
	future	respiraré	respirarás	respirará	respiraremos	respiraréx	respirarán
	conditional	respiraría	respirarías	respiraría	respiraríamos	respiraríax	respirarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él / ella	mosotros mosós	vosotros vosós / vós	ellos / ellas
	present	respire	respires	respire	respiremos	respiréx	respiren
	imperfect	respirara	respiraras	respirara	respiráramos	respirarax	respiraran
imperative		—	tú	—	—	vosotros vosós / vós	—
	affirmative	—	respira	—	—	respirad	—
	negative	—	no respires	—	—	no respiréx	—

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan respirar, from Latin respīrāre.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

respirar

1. to breathe

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		respirar			aver respirat
gerund		respirant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		respirat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	respiri	respiras	respira	respiram	respiratz	respiran
	imperfect	respiravi	respiravas	respirava	respiràvem	respiràvetz	respiravan
	preterite	respirèri	respirères	respirèt	respirèrem	respirèretz	respirèron
	future	respirarai	respiraràs	respirarà	respirarem	respiraretz	respiraràn
	conditional	respirariái	respirariás	respirariá	respirariam	respirariatz	respirarián
	conditional 2nd form1	respirèra	respirèras	respirèra	respireram	respireratz	respirèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	respire	respires	respire	respirem	respiretz	respiren
	imperfect	respirèssi	respirèsses	respirèsse	respirèssem	respirèssetz	respirèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			respira		respirem	respiratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		respirar			aver respirat
gerund		respirant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		respirat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	respire	respires	respira	respiram	respiratz	respiron
	imperfect	respirave	respiraves	respirava	respiraviam	respiraviatz	respiravon
	preterite	respirere	respireres	respiret	respirem	respiretz	respireron
	future	respirarai	respiraràs	respirará	respirarem	respiraretz	respirarán
	conditional	respirariá	respirariás	respirariá	respirariam	respirariatz	respirarián
	conditional 2nd form1	respirèra	respirèras	respirèra	respireram	respireratz	respirèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	respire	respires	respire	respirassiam	respirassiatz	respiron
	imperfect	respiresse	respiresses	respiresse	respiressiam	respiressiatz	respiresson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			respira		respirassiam	respiratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		respirar			aver respirat
gerund		respirant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		respirat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	respiri	respiras	respira	respiram	respiratz	respiran
	imperfect	respiravi	respiravas	respirava	respiràvam	respiràvatz	respiravan
	preterite	respirèi	respirès	respirè	respirèm	respirètz	respirèn
	future	respirarèi	respiraràs	respirarà	respiraram	respiraratz	respiraràn
	conditional	respirarí	respirarés	respiraré	respirarem	respiraretz	respirarén
	conditional 2nd form1	respirèra	respirèras	respirèra	respireram	respireratz	respirèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	respiri	respires	respire	respirem	respiretz	respiren
	imperfect	respirèssi	respirèsses	respirèsse	respirèssem	respirèssetz	respirèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			respira		respirem	respiratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		respirar			aver respirat
gerund		respirant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		respirat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	respire	respiras	respira	respiram	respiratz	respiran
	imperfect	respirava	respiravas	respirava	respiràvam	respiràvatz	respiravan
	preterite	respirei	respireras	respiret	respirèram	respirèratz	respireran
	future	respirarai	respiraràs	respirará	respirarem	respiraretz	respirarán
	conditional	respirariá	respirariàs	respirariá	respirariam	respirariatz	respirarián
	conditional 2nd form1	respirèra	respirèras	respirèra	respireram	respireratz	respirèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	respire	respires	respire	respirem	respiretz	respiren
	imperfect	respirèsse	respirèsses	respirèsse	respirèssem	respirèssetz	respirèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			respira		respirem	respiratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		respirar			aver respirat
gerund		respirant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		respirat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	respire	respires	respira	respiram	respiratz	respiran
	imperfect	respiravi	respiravas	respirava	respiràvem	respiràvetz	respiravan
	preterite	respirère	respirères	respirèt	respireriam	respireriatz	respirèron
	future	respirarai	respiraràs	respirarà	respirarem	respiraretz	respiraràn
	conditional	respirariáu	respirariás	respirariá	respirariam	respirariatz	respirarián
	conditional 2nd form1	respirèra	respirèras	respirèra	respireram	respireratz	respirèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	respire	respires	respire	respirem	respiretz	respiran
	imperfect	respirèsse	respirèsses	respirèsse	respiressiam	respiressiatz	respirèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			respira		respirem	respiratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• respiracion

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

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

Latin spīrō

Latin respīrāre

Portuguese respirar

Inherited from Latin respīrāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁes.piˈɾa(ʁ)/ [hes.piˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁes.piˈɾa(ʁ)/ [hes.piˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁes.piˈɾa(ɾ)/ [hes.piˈɾa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeʃ.piˈɾa(ʁ)/ [χeʃ.piˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁes.piˈɾa(ɻ)/ [hes.piˈɾa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨʃ.piˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨʃ.piˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨʃ.piˈɾa.ɾi/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Audio (Portugal):

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• Hyphenation: res‧pi‧rar

Verb

respirar (first-person singular present respiro, first-person singular preterite respirei, past participle respirado)

1. (ambitransitive) to breathe
2. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of respirar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	respirar
Personal	respirar	respirares	respirar	respirarmos	respirardes	respirarem
Gerund
	respirando
Past participle
Masculine	respirado			respirados
Feminine	respirada			respiradas
Indicative
Present	respiro	respiras	respira	respiramos	respirais	respiram
Imperfect	respirava	respiravas	respirava	respirávamos	respiráveis	respiravam
Preterite	respirei	respiraste	respirou	respiramos1, respirámos2	respirastes	respiraram
Pluperfect	respirara	respiraras	respirara	respiráramos	respiráreis	respiraram
Future	respirarei	respirarás	respirará	respiraremos	respirareis	respirarão
Conditional	respiraria	respirarias	respiraria	respiraríamos	respiraríeis	respirariam
Subjunctive
Present	respire	respires	respire	respiremos	respireis	respirem
Imperfect	respirasse	respirasses	respirasse	respirássemos	respirásseis	respirassem
Future	respirar	respirares	respirar	respirarmos	respirardes	respirarem
Imperative
Affirmative		respira	respire	respiremos	respirai	respirem
Negative (não)		não respires	não respire	não respiremos	não respireis	não respirem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• respirador

Related terms

• aspirar
• conspirar
• espirar
• expirar
• inspirar
• respirabilidade
• respiração
• respiráculo
• respiradouro
• respiratório
• respirável
• suspirar

Further reading

• “respirar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “respirar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “respirar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “respirar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “respirar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “respirar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romansh

Alternative forms

• respirer (Puter)

Etymology

From Latin respīrō, respīrāre.

Verb

respirar

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) to breathe

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) fladar
• (Rumantsch Grischun) trair flad, trair il flad
• (Sursilvan) trer flad
• (Sutsilvan) trer flo
• (Surmiran) trer igl flo
• (Puter) trer fled, trer il fled
• (Vallader) trar il flà

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish respirar, from Latin respīrāre. Cognate with English respire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /respiˈɾaɾ/ [res.piˈɾaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: res‧pi‧rar

Verb

respirar (first-person singular present respiro, first-person singular preterite respiré, past participle respirado)

1. to breathe

Conjugation

    Conjugation of respirar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			respirar
gerund			respirando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		respirado		respirada
		plural		respirados		respiradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	respiro	respirastú respirásvos	respira	respiramos	respiráis	respiran
	imperfect	respiraba	respirabas	respiraba	respirábamos	respirabais	respiraban
	preterite	respiré	respiraste	respiró	respiramos	respirasteis	respiraron
	future	respiraré	respirarás	respirará	respiraremos	respiraréis	respirarán
	conditional	respiraría	respirarías	respiraría	respiraríamos	respiraríais	respirarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	respire	respirestú respirésvos2	respire	respiremos	respiréis	respiren
	imperfect (ra)	respirara	respiraras	respirara	respiráramos	respirarais	respiraran
	imperfect (se)	respirase	respirases	respirase	respirásemos	respiraseis	respirasen
	future1	respirare	respirares	respirare	respiráremos	respirareis	respiraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		respiratú respirávos	respire	respiremos	respirad	respiren
	negative		no respires	no respire	no respiremos	no respiréis	no respiren

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of respirar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive respirar	dative	respirarme	respirarte	respirarle, respirarse	respirarnos	respiraros	respirarles, respirarse
	accusative	respirarme	respirarte	respirarlo, respirarla, respirarse	respirarnos	respiraros	respirarlos, respirarlas, respirarse
with gerund respirando	dative	respirándome	respirándote	respirándole, respirándose	respirándonos	respirándoos	respirándoles, respirándose
	accusative	respirándome	respirándote	respirándolo, respirándola, respirándose	respirándonos	respirándoos	respirándolos, respirándolas, respirándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative respira	dative	respírame	respírate	respírale	respíranos	not used	respírales
	accusative	respírame	respírate	respíralo, respírala	respíranos	not used	respíralos, respíralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative respirá	dative	respirame	respirate	respirale	respiranos	not used	respirales
	accusative	respirame	respirate	respiralo, respirala	respiranos	not used	respiralos, respiralas
with formal second-person singular imperative respire	dative	respíreme	not used	respírele, respírese	respírenos	not used	respíreles
	accusative	respíreme	not used	respírelo, respírela, respírese	respírenos	not used	respírelos, respírelas
with first-person plural imperative respiremos	dative	not used	respirémoste	respirémosle	respirémonos	respirémoos	respirémosles
	accusative	not used	respirémoste	respirémoslo, respirémosla	respirémonos	respirémoos	respirémoslos, respirémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative respirad	dative	respiradme	not used	respiradle	respiradnos	respiraos	respiradles
	accusative	respiradme	not used	respiradlo, respiradla	respiradnos	respiraos	respiradlos, respiradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative respiren	dative	respírenme	not used	respírenle	respírennos	not used	respírenles, respírense
	accusative	respírenme	not used	respírenlo, respírenla	respírennos	not used	respírenlos, respírenlas, respírense

Related terms

• espirar
• respiración
• respirador
• respiratorio

Further reading

• “respirar”, 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