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sospirare

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Italian

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Etymology

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    From Latin suspīrāre.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /sos.piˈra.re/
    • Rhymes: -are
    • Hyphenation: so‧spi‧rà‧re

    Verb

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    sospiràre (first-person singular present sospìro, first-person singular past historic sospirài, past participle sospiràto, auxiliary avére)

    1. (intransitive) to sigh
      Synonym: gemere
    2. (intransitive) to pine [with per ‘for’]
    3. (intransitive or transitive) to yearn, to long [with a or direct object ‘for something’]
      Synonyms: anelare (a), desiderare, tendere (a)
      sospirare la paceto yearn for peace
    4. (intransitive, literary) to breeze, to blow gently
      Synonyms: soffiare, spirare
    5. (transitive, by extension) to anxiously await
    6. (transitive, archaic, literary) to mourn
      Synonyms: lamentare, piangere

    Conjugation

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    Further reading

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    • sospirare”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

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