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Meaning of aspiro | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
[asˈpiː.roː]

Definitions

  1. to breathe or blow upon
    conjugation-1, intransitive
  2. to be favorable to, assist, favor, aid
    conjugation-1, intransitive
  3. to aspire or desire (to); approach, come near (to)
    conjugation-1, intransitive
  4. to aspirate (follow a consonant with an audible puff of breath)
    conjugation-1, intransitive, with-dative
  5. to breathe or blow upon, infuse, instill
    conjugation-1, transitive
  6. to wash
    conjugation-1, transitive

Equivalents

Bosanski strava
Català aspirar
Deutsch Hoffen streben
English Aspire
Español ambicionar aspirar
Suomi aikoa pyrkiä
Français aspire aspiré
Galego aspirar
עברית שאף
Hrvatski strava
Italiano aspirare
Latina affectō
Te Reo Māori hōkaka
Nederlands ambiëren nastreven
Português almejar aspirar aspire
Русский стремиться
Српски strava
Svenska sträva

Examples

“[…] dī, coeptīs (nam vōs mūtāstis et illa) adspīrāte meīs prīmāque ab orīgine mundī”

O gods, favor my undertakings (for you have changed them too), and lead my uninterrupted song down from the first origin of the world to my times!

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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