suspirar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sospirar, from Latin suspīrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suspiˈɾaɾ/

Verb

suspirar (first-person singular present suspiro, first-person singular preterite suspirei, past participle suspirado)

1. (archaic) to inhale, to breathe
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 466:

     Et caýo sóbrelo leyto, en gisa que todos coydauã que era morto, en gisa que el nõ sospiraua, nẽ bafeiaua nẽ ponto.

     And he fell over the bed in a way that everyone thought that he was dead, as he was neither inhaling nor exhaling, not even a bit

2. to sigh

   Synonym: salaiar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of suspirar

	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	suspirar
Personal	suspirar	suspirares	suspirar	suspirarmos	suspirardes	suspiraren
Gerund
	suspirando
Past participle
Masculine	suspirado			suspirados
Feminine	suspirada			suspiradas
Indicative
Present	suspiro	suspiras	suspira	suspiramos	suspirades	suspiran
Imperfect	suspiraba	suspirabas	suspiraba	suspirabamos	suspirabades	suspiraban
Preterite	suspirei	suspiraches	suspirou	suspiramos	suspirastes	suspiraron
Pluperfect	suspirara	suspiraras	suspirara	suspiraramos	suspirarades	suspiraran
Future	suspirarei	suspirarás	suspirará	suspiraremos	suspiraredes	suspirarán
Conditional	suspiraría	suspirarías	suspiraría	suspirariamos	suspirariades	suspirarían
Subjunctive
Present	suspire	suspires	suspire	suspiremos	suspiredes	suspiren
Imperfect	suspirase	suspirases	suspirase	suspirásemos	suspirásedes	suspirasen
Future	suspirar	suspirares	suspirar	suspirarmos	suspirardes	suspiraren
Imperative
Affirmative		suspira	suspire	suspiremos	suspirade	suspiren
Negative (non)		non suspires	non suspire	non suspiremos	non suspiredes	non suspiren

    Reintegrated conjugation of suspirar (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	suspirar
Personal	suspirar	suspirares	suspirar	suspirarmos	suspirardes	suspirarem
Gerund
	suspirando
Past participle
Masculine	suspirado			suspirados
Feminine	suspirada			suspiradas
Indicative
Present	suspiro	suspiras	suspira	suspiramos	suspirades, suspirais	suspiram
Imperfect	suspirava	suspiravas	suspirava	suspirávamos	suspirávades, suspiráveis, suspirávais1	suspiravam
Preterite	suspirei	suspiraste, suspirache1	suspirou	suspiramos	suspirastes	suspirárom, suspiraram
Pluperfect	suspirara	suspiraras	suspirara	suspiráramos	suspirárades, suspiráreis, suspirárais1	suspiraram
Future	suspirarei	suspirarás	suspirará	suspiraremos	suspiraredes, suspirareis	suspirarám, suspirarão
Conditional	suspiraria	suspirarias	suspiraria	suspiraríamos	suspiraríades, suspiraríeis, suspiraríais1	suspirariam
Subjunctive
Present	suspire	suspires	suspire	suspiremos	suspiredes, suspireis	suspirem
Imperfect	suspirasse	suspirasses	suspirasse	suspirássemos	suspirássedes, suspirásseis	suspirassem
Future	suspirar	suspirares	suspirar	suspirarmos	suspirardes	suspirarem
Imperative
Affirmative		suspira	suspire	suspiremos	suspirade, suspirai	suspirem
Negative (nom)		nom suspires	nom suspire	nom suspiremos	nom suspiredes, nom suspireis	nom suspirem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• suspiro

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “suspirar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “suspirar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “suspirar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “suspirar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “suspirar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “suspirar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “suspirar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Interlingua

Verb

suspirar

1. to sigh

Conjugation

    Conjugation of suspirar

infinitive		suspirar
participle		present	perfect
		suspirante	suspirate
active		simple	perfect
	present	suspira	ha suspirate
	past	suspirava	habeva suspirate
	future	suspirara	habera suspirate
	conditional	suspirarea	haberea suspirate
	imperative	suspira	—

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese suspirar, sospirar, from Latin suspīrāre.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suʃ.piˈɾaɾ/

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

• Hyphenation: sus‧pi‧rar

Verb

suspirar (first-person singular present suspiro, first-person singular preterite suspirei, past participle suspirado)

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of suspirar (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	suspirar
Personal	suspirar	suspirares	suspirar	suspirarmos	suspirardes	suspirarem
Gerund
	suspirando
Past participle
Masculine	suspirado			suspirados
Feminine	suspirada			suspiradas
Indicative
Present	suspiro	suspiras	suspira	suspiramos	suspirais	suspiram
Imperfect	suspirava	suspiravas	suspirava	suspirávamos	suspiráveis	suspiravam
Preterite	suspirei	suspiraste	suspirou	suspiramos1, suspirámos2	suspirastes	suspiraram
Pluperfect	suspirara	suspiraras	suspirara	suspiráramos	suspiráreis	suspiraram
Future	suspirarei	suspirarás	suspirará	suspiraremos	suspirareis	suspirarão
Conditional	suspiraria	suspirarias	suspiraria	suspiraríamos	suspiraríeis	suspirariam
Subjunctive
Present	suspire	suspires	suspire	suspiremos	suspireis	suspirem
Imperfect	suspirasse	suspirasses	suspirasse	suspirássemos	suspirásseis	suspirassem
Future	suspirar	suspirares	suspirar	suspirarmos	suspirardes	suspirarem
Imperative
Affirmative		suspira	suspire	suspiremos	suspirai	suspirem
Negative (não)		não suspires	não suspire	não suspiremos	não suspireis	não suspirem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• suspiro

Related terms

• respirar
• inspirar
• expirar
• aspirar

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sospirar, from Latin suspirāre. Cognate with English suspire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suspiˈɾaɾ/ [sus.piˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sus‧pi‧rar

Verb

suspirar (first-person singular present suspiro, first-person singular preterite suspiré, past participle suspirado)

1. (intransitive) to sigh

Conjugation

    Conjugation of suspirar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			suspirar
gerund			suspirando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		suspirado		suspirada
		plural		suspirados		suspiradas
		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	suspiro	suspirastú suspirásvos	suspira	suspiramos	suspiráis	suspiran
	imperfect	suspiraba	suspirabas	suspiraba	suspirábamos	suspirabais	suspiraban
	preterite	suspiré	suspiraste	suspiró	suspiramos	suspirasteis	suspiraron
	future	suspiraré	suspirarás	suspirará	suspiraremos	suspiraréis	suspirarán
	conditional	suspiraría	suspirarías	suspiraría	suspiraríamos	suspiraríais	suspirarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	suspire	suspirestú suspirésvos2	suspire	suspiremos	suspiréis	suspiren
	imperfect (ra)	suspirara	suspiraras	suspirara	suspiráramos	suspirarais	suspiraran
	imperfect (se)	suspirase	suspirases	suspirase	suspirásemos	suspiraseis	suspirasen
	future1	suspirare	suspirares	suspirare	suspiráremos	suspirareis	suspiraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		suspiratú suspirávos	suspire	suspiremos	suspirad	suspiren
	negative		no suspires	no suspire	no suspiremos	no suspiréis	no suspiren

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

    Selected combined forms of suspirar

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 suspirar	dative	suspirarme	suspirarte	suspirarle, suspirarse	suspirarnos	suspiraros	suspirarles, suspirarse
	accusative	suspirarme	suspirarte	suspirarlo, suspirarla, suspirarse	suspirarnos	suspiraros	suspirarlos, suspirarlas, suspirarse
with gerund suspirando	dative	suspirándome	suspirándote	suspirándole, suspirándose	suspirándonos	suspirándoos	suspirándoles, suspirándose
	accusative	suspirándome	suspirándote	suspirándolo, suspirándola, suspirándose	suspirándonos	suspirándoos	suspirándolos, suspirándolas, suspirándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative suspira	dative	suspírame	suspírate	suspírale	suspíranos	not used	suspírales
	accusative	suspírame	suspírate	suspíralo, suspírala	suspíranos	not used	suspíralos, suspíralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative suspirá	dative	suspirame	suspirate	suspirale	suspiranos	not used	suspirales
	accusative	suspirame	suspirate	suspiralo, suspirala	suspiranos	not used	suspiralos, suspiralas
with formal second-person singular imperative suspire	dative	suspíreme	not used	suspírele, suspírese	suspírenos	not used	suspíreles
	accusative	suspíreme	not used	suspírelo, suspírela, suspírese	suspírenos	not used	suspírelos, suspírelas
with first-person plural imperative suspiremos	dative	not used	suspirémoste	suspirémosle	suspirémonos	suspirémoos	suspirémosles
	accusative	not used	suspirémoste	suspirémoslo, suspirémosla	suspirémonos	suspirémoos	suspirémoslos, suspirémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative suspirad	dative	suspiradme	not used	suspiradle	suspiradnos	suspiraos	suspiradles
	accusative	suspiradme	not used	suspiradlo, suspiradla	suspiradnos	suspiraos	suspiradlos, suspiradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative suspiren	dative	suspírenme	not used	suspírenle	suspírennos	not used	suspírenles, suspírense
	accusative	suspírenme	not used	suspírenlo, suspírenla	suspírennos	not used	suspírenlos, suspírenlas, suspírense

Related terms

• suspiro

References

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “espirar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 748

Further reading

• “suspirar”, 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