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respirar

/respiˈɾaɾ/, [res.piˈɾaɾ]

breathe, to breathe

Gerund: respirando

Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular respirado respirada
Plural respirados respiradas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo respiro respiraba respiré respiraré respiraría
tú respiras respirabas respiraste respirarás respirarías
él/ella/Ud. respira respiraba respiró respirará respiraría
nosotros respiramos respirábamos respiramos respiraremos respiraríamos
vosotros respiráis respirabais respirasteis respiraréis respiraríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. respiran respiraban respiraron respirarán respirarían
vos respirás respirabas respiraste respirarás respirarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo respire respirara respirase respirare
tú respires respiraras respirases respirares
él/ella/Ud. respire respirara respirase respirare
nosotros respiremos respiráramos respirásemos respiráremos
vosotros respiréis respirarais respiraseis respirareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. respiren respiraran respirasen respiraren
vos respirés respiraras respirases respirares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
tú respira no respires
Ud. respire no respire
nosotros respiremos no respiremos
vosotros respirad no respiréis
Uds. respiren no respiren
vos respirá no respires

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Aquí no se puede respirar.

    It's not possible to breathe here.

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  • Quiero respirar un poco de aire fresco.

    I want to breathe some fresh air.

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  • No puedo respirar por la nariz.

    I can't breathe through my nose.

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  • Ella salió a respirar aire puro.

    She went outside to get a breath of fresh air.

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  • ¡No puedo respirar!

    I can't breathe!

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  • Amamos a nuestra madre casi sin saberlo, sin percibirlo, como si fuera tan natural como el respirar.

    We love our mother almost without knowing it, without feeling it, as it is as natural as to live.

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  • Tom apenas podía respirar después de la carrera.

    Tom could hardly breathe after the race.

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  • No puedo respirar.

    I can't breathe.

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  • ¿Podés respirar?

    Can you breathe?

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  • Él tiene dificultad para respirar.

    He is having difficulty breathing.

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