aspirar

Portuguese

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to vacuum to clean with a vacuum cleaner
  • (intransitive) to inspire to draw air into the lungs
  • to aspire to dream of becoming something
  • (phonetics) to aspirate to produce a puff of breath with a consonant

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspīrāre.

Origin

Latin

aspīrāre

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