respirar
Spanish, verb/respiˈɾaɾ/
respirar is spelled R-E-S-P-I-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,587th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Respirar is a Spanish verb meaning “to breathe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “La acción de atraer aire a los pulmones para después expulsarlo con el objeto de extraer el oxígeno”.
What does respirar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to breathe
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. La acción de atraer aire a los pulmones para después expulsarlo con el objeto de extraer el oxígeno. 2. Despedir un olor. 3. Cesar un esfuerzo o padecimiento.
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 respirar
- respiro first-person present singular
- respiré first-person preterite singular
- respirado participle past
- respirando gerund
- respirada feminine participle past
- respirados masculine participle past
- respiradas feminine participle past
- respiras indicative informal present
- respirás indicative informal present
- respira indicative present singular
- respiramos first-person indicative plural
- respiráis indicative plural present
- respiran indicative plural present
- respiraba first-person imperfect indicative
- respirabas imperfect indicative second-person
- respirábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- respirabais imperfect indicative plural
- respiraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce respirar?
- /respiˈɾaɾ/
- [res.piˈɾaɾ]
- [respiˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to respirar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is respirar in Spanish?
respirar appears 17 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).