sopiri

Esperanto

Etymology

From French soupirer (“to sigh, to long for”), from Latin suspīrāre, from sub- (“beneath, secondary”) +‎ spīrō (“to breathe”). Compare Italian sospirare (“to sigh, to yearn”), English suspire (“to breathe, exhale, sigh”). Doublet of spiri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈpiri/

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• Rhymes: -iri
• Syllabification: so‧pi‧ri

Verb

sopiri (present sopiras, past sopiris, future sopiros, conditional sopirus, volitive sopiru)

1. (intransitive) to long for, yearn for

   Mi sopiris pri amo. ― I longed for love.

Usage notes

sopiri generally requires either a prepositional phrase beginning with al or pri (sopiri al sia hejmlando, sopiri pri kunulo) or a verb phrase (sopiri forflugi). alsopiri takes a direct object and can be used in passive forms (alsopirita liberiĝo but not *sopirita).

Conjugation

Conjugation of sopiri

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		sopiras		sopiris		sopiros
active participle		sopiranta	sopirantaj	sopirinta	sopirintaj	sopironta	sopirontaj
	acc.	sopirantan	sopirantajn	sopirintan	sopirintajn	sopirontan	sopirontajn
nominal active participle		sopiranto	sopirantoj	sopirinto	sopirintoj	sopironto	sopirontoj
	acc.	sopiranton	sopirantojn	sopirinton	sopirintojn	sopironton	sopirontojn
adverbial active participle		sopirante		sopirinte		sopironte
		infinitive	sopiri	imperative	sopiru	conditional	sopirus

Related terms

• alsopiri (“to long for”)
• sopiro (“longing”)

See also

• deziri (“to desire”)
• spiri (“to breathe”)

Further reading

• “sopiri”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “sopiri”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Latin

Verb

sōpīrī

1. present passive infinitive of sōpiō