Meaning of hyperventilate | Babel Free
Equivalents
Català
hiperventilar
Deutsch
hyperventilieren
Esperanto
anheli
Español
hiperventilar
Suomi
hyperventiloida
עברית
התנשם
Português
hiperventilar
Svenska
hyperventilera
Examples
“When I tried it, I hyperventilated.”
“Sometimes her prose hyperventilates ("Once, years ago, his and N.'s love⟳ for each other had glowed like⟳ phosphorescent fire on the surfaces of their bodies"), and she has a weakness for epiphanies ("There was a man, no longer young, though not yet old, who, traveling alone in northern Europe, began to feel⟳ that his soul was being drained slowly, almost secretly from him, drop by drop").”
“Sometimes on the highway I had to pull⟳ over to hyperventilate and sob.”
“Even some middle-of-the-road economic commentators have⟳ been hyperventilating, saying that she’s essentially calling for price controls, which is odd, because she didn’t say⟳ anything like⟳ that.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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