aspirar
Spanish, verb/aspiˈɾaɾ/
aspirar is spelled A-S-P-I-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 13,623rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aspirar is a Spanish verb meaning “to inhale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Enviar aire hacia los pulmones”.
What does aspirar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to inhale
- 2
to aspire, to desire to be
- 3
to vacuum
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Enviar aire hacia los pulmones. 2. Introducir una sustancia narcótica a través de las vías respiratorias. 3. Conseguir raudal mediante la generación de una presión negativa. 4. Exhalar.
verb: 1. Desear algo. 2. Respirar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aspirar
- aspiro first-person present singular
- aspiré first-person preterite singular
- aspirado participle past
- aspirando gerund
- aspirada feminine participle past
- aspirados masculine participle past
- aspiradas feminine participle past
- aspiras indicative informal present
- aspirás indicative informal present
- aspira indicative present singular
- aspiramos first-person indicative plural
- aspiráis indicative plural present
- aspiran indicative plural present
- aspiraba first-person imperfect indicative
- aspirabas imperfect indicative second-person
- aspirábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- aspirabais imperfect indicative plural
- aspiraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aspirar?
- /aspiˈɾaɾ/
- [as.piˈɾaɾ]
- [aspiˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aspirar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aspirar in Spanish?
aspirar appears 4.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).