respiro
Spanish, noun
respiro is spelled R-E-S-P-I-R-O (7 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,366th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Respiro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “breath” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of respirar. With an accent, respiró is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of respirar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de respirar”.
What does respiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebreath
- 2
masculinebreak, respite, breather, relief, reprieve, rest
¡Dame un respiro!
- 3
masculinebreathing room, breathing space, slack
Dale un respiro. Ella está realmente tratando de cambiar.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of respirar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of respirar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de respirar. 2. Momento de descanso o de relax.
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 respiro
- respiros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to respiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is respiro in Spanish?
respiro appears 5.4 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).