suspiri

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from Latin suspīrō. Compare French soupirer, Italian sospiràre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /susˈpiri/
  • Rhymes: -iri
  • Hyphenation: sus‧pir‧i

Verb

suspiri (present suspiras, past suspiris, future suspiros, conditional suspirus, volitive suspiru)(intransitive)

  1. synonym of vespiri (to sigh) (to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it)
    • c. 1904, Iván Gennádʹjevič Širjájev, “3. Agrabla novaĵo [3. Agreeable novelty]”, in Sen Titolo: Originala romano [Without Title: Original novel] (Plena verkaro; 3)‎[2] (paperback), Vieno: Pro Esperanto, published 1995, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 32, line 29:
      — Malfeliĉaj, malfeliĉaj infanoj! — eksuspiris la bopatrino.
      — Sad, sad children! — sighed the mother-in-law.
    • 1932, Stellan Engholm, “Feliĉa homo, ii. [2.] [Happy human, ii. [2.]]”, in Homoj sur la tero [Humans on the earth]‎[3], Tyresö: Inko, published 2001, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 14, lines 21–25:
      Laŭ la aspekto de la muroj oni povus fari truon en ili per nura piedfrapo. [].
      Li ĉirkaŭrigardis, suspiregis[,] [].
      The walls looked as if they could be broken with a single kick. [].
      He looked around, sighed[,] [].

Usage notes

According to BL: preferably say vespiri, sopirĝemi.[1]

Conjugation

Conjugation of suspiri
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense suspiras suspiris suspiros
active participle suspiranta suspirantaj suspirinta suspirintaj suspironta suspirontaj
acc. suspirantan suspirantajn suspirintan suspirintajn suspirontan suspirontajn
nominal active participle suspiranto suspirantoj suspirinto suspirintoj suspironto suspirontoj
acc. suspiranton suspirantojn suspirinton suspirintojn suspironton suspirontojn
adverbial active participle suspirante suspirinte suspironte
infinitive suspiri imperative suspiru conditional suspirus

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Corsetti, Renato et al. (p. 2023), vortoj de la bona lingvo [words of the good language]‎[1] (in Esperanto)

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

suspīrī

  1. genitive singular of suspīrium