Infinitive
suspiri
Forms
Tenses
| Present | suspiras |
| Past | suspiris |
| Future | suspiros |
| Conditional | suspirus |
| Imperative | suspiru! |
Participles
| Active past | suspirinta |
| Active present | suspiranta |
| Active future | suspironta |
| Passive past | suspirita |
| Passive present | suspirta |
| Passive future | suspirota |
Etymology
Derived from Latin suspīrō. Compare French soupirer, Italian sospiràre. See: Latin '
suspīrō', French '
soupirer', Italian '
sospirare'.
Sample Sentences
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— Malfeliĉaj, malfeliĉaj infanoj! — eksuspiris la bopatrino. (— Sad, sad children! — sighed the mother-in-law.) [c. 1904, Iván Gennádʹjevič Širjájev, “3. Agrabla novaĵo [3. Agreeable novelty]”, in Sen Titolo: Originala romano [Without Title: Original novel] (Plena verkaro; 3) (paperback), Vieno: Pro Esperanto, published 1995, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 32, line 29:]
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Laŭ la aspekto de la muroj oni povus fari truon en ili per nura piedfrapo.[…].
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Li ĉirkaŭrigardis, suspiregis[,][…]. (The walls looked as if they could be broken with a single kick. […].
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He looked around, sighed[,] […].) [1932, Stellan Engholm, “Feliĉa homo, ii. [2.] [Happy human, ii. [2.]]”, in Homoj sur la tero [Humans on the earth], Tyresö: Inko, published 2001, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 14, lines 21–25:]
Translations
sigh, to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it