suspiro

See also: suspiró

Interlingua

Noun

suspiro (plural suspiros)

1. sigh

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Latin

Etymology

From sub- +‎ spīrō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /susˈpiː.roː/, [s̠ʊs̠ˈpiːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /susˈpi.ro/, [susˈpiːro]

Verb

suspīrō (present infinitive suspīrāre, perfect active suspīrāvī, supine suspīrātum); first conjugation

1. I sigh, utter with a sigh

Conjugation

Conjugation of suspīrō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	suspīrō	suspīrās	suspīrat	suspīrāmus	suspīrātis	suspīrant
	imperfect	suspīrābam	suspīrābās	suspīrābat	suspīrābāmus	suspīrābātis	suspīrābant
	future	suspīrābō	suspīrābis	suspīrābit	suspīrābimus	suspīrābitis	suspīrābunt
	perfect	suspīrāvī	suspīrāvistī	suspīrāvit	suspīrāvimus	suspīrāvistis	suspīrāvērunt, suspīrāvēre
	pluperfect	suspīrāveram	suspīrāverās	suspīrāverat	suspīrāverāmus	suspīrāverātis	suspīrāverant
	future perfect	suspīrāverō	suspīrāveris	suspīrāverit	suspīrāverimus	suspīrāveritis	suspīrāverint
passive	present	suspīror	suspīrāris, suspīrāre	suspīrātur	suspīrāmur	suspīrāminī	suspīrantur
	imperfect	suspīrābar	suspīrābāris, suspīrābāre	suspīrābātur	suspīrābāmur	suspīrābāminī	suspīrābantur
	future	suspīrābor	suspīrāberis, suspīrābere	suspīrābitur	suspīrābimur	suspīrābiminī	suspīrābuntur
	perfect	suspīrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	suspīrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	suspīrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	suspīrem	suspīrēs	suspīret	suspīrēmus	suspīrētis	suspīrent
	imperfect	suspīrārem	suspīrārēs	suspīrāret	suspīrārēmus	suspīrārētis	suspīrārent
	perfect	suspīrāverim	suspīrāverīs	suspīrāverit	suspīrāverīmus	suspīrāverītis	suspīrāverint
	pluperfect	suspīrāvissem	suspīrāvissēs	suspīrāvisset	suspīrāvissēmus	suspīrāvissētis	suspīrāvissent
passive	present	suspīrer	suspīrēris, suspīrēre	suspīrētur	suspīrēmur	suspīrēminī	suspīrentur
	imperfect	suspīrārer	suspīrārēris, suspīrārēre	suspīrārētur	suspīrārēmur	suspīrārēminī	suspīrārentur
	perfect	suspīrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	suspīrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	suspīrā	—	—	suspīrāte	—
	future	—	suspīrātō	suspīrātō	—	suspīrātōte	suspīrantō
passive	present	—	suspīrāre	—	—	suspīrāminī	—
	future	—	suspīrātor	suspīrātor	—	—	suspīrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		suspīrāre	suspīrāvisse	suspīrātūrum esse	suspīrārī	suspīrātum esse	suspīrātum īrī
participles		suspīrāns	—	suspīrātūrus	—	suspīrātus	suspīrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		suspīrandī	suspīrandō	suspīrandum	suspīrandō	suspīrātum	suspīrātū

Derived terms

• suspīrātiō
• suspīrium
• suspīriōsus

Descendants

• Aromanian: suschir, suschirari
• Catalan: sospirar
• English: suspire, suspiral, cesspool
• French: soupirer
• Friulian: suspirâ
• Galician: suspirar
• Italian: sospirare
• Norman: soupither

• Occitan: sospirar
• Old Occitan: sospirar
• Portuguese: suspirar
• Romanian: suspina, suspinare
• Romansch: suspirar, suspirer, suspürar
• Spanish: suspirar
• Venetian: sospirar

References

• “suspiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “suspiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• suspiro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Back-formation from suspirar. Alternatively from Latin suspirium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suʃ.ˈpi.ɾu/
• Hyphenation: sus‧pi‧ro

Noun

suspiro m (plural suspiros)

1. sigh
2. meringue

Verb

suspiro

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Spanish

Etymology

From suspirar, or from Latin suspirium.

Noun

suspiro m (plural suspiros)

1. sigh

Verb

suspiro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of suspirar.