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aspirar.

to vacuum (to clean with a vacuum cleaner)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/as.piˈɾa(ʁ)/Brazil[as.piˈɾa(h)]Brazil/as.piˈɾa(ɾ)/São-Paulo/aʃ.piˈɾa(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to vacuum (to clean with a vacuum cleaner)

    transitive
  2. to inhale, to breathe in (to draw air into the lungs)

    intransitive · transitive
  3. to aspire (to dream of becoming something)

    catenative · intransitive
  4. to aspirate (to produce a puff of breath with a consonant)

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Latin aspīrārebor. Portuguese aspirar Borrowed from Latin aspīrāre.

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