suspiro

suspiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of suspirar

suspiro (plural suspiros)

1. sigh

From sub- +‎ spīrō.

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

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

1. to sigh, utter with a sigh
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.417:

     hanc cupit, hanc optat, sōla suspīrat in illā

     Her he desires — her he longs after — for her alone he sighs
     1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Trans. & notes by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 28.

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

• suspīrātiō
• suspīrium

• “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.

• Hyphenation: sus‧pi‧ro

Deverbal from suspirar. Alternatively from Latin suspirium.

suspiro m (plural suspiros)

1. sigh
2. gasp

   no último suspiro ― at the last gasp.

3. meringue

   Synonym: merengue

suspiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of suspirar

• IPA^(key): /susˈpiɾo/ [susˈpi.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -iɾo
• Syllabification: sus‧pi‧ro

Deverbal from suspirar, or from Latin suspīrium.

suspiro m (plural suspiros)

1. sigh
2. (by extension, colloquial) instant (brief moment)
   • 2022 December 8, Juan Diego Quesada, Inés Santaeulalia, “Los 180 minutos que hicieron temblar Perú”, in El País‎^[1]:

     El pulso al orden constitucional duró un suspiro, lo que tardaron los militares en hacer un escueto comunicado en el que anunciaban que no respaldaban su aventura golpista.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. various small pastries of high sugar content
4. meringue

   Synonym: merengue

5. Nolana (type of flower)

suspiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of suspirar

• “suspiro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014