aspirar
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verb
- to inhale
- to aspire, to desire to be
- to vacuum
Forms
Present
| I | aspiro |
|---|---|
| you | aspiras |
| he, she, it | aspira |
| we | aspiramos |
| you (plural) | aspiráis |
| they | aspiran |
Preterite
| I | aspiré |
|---|---|
| you | aspiraste |
| he, she, it | aspiró |
| we | aspiramos |
| you (plural) | aspirasteis |
| they | aspiraron |
Imperfect
| I | aspiraba |
|---|---|
| you | aspirabas |
| he, she, it | aspiraba |
| we | aspirábamos |
| you (plural) | aspirabais |
| they | aspiraban |
Future
| I | aspiraré |
|---|---|
| you | aspirarás |
| he, she, it | aspirará |
| we | aspiraremos |
| you (plural) | aspiraréis |
| they | aspirarán |
Conditional
| I | aspiraría |
|---|---|
| you | aspirarías |
| he, she, it | aspiraría |
| we | aspiraríamos |
| you (plural) | aspiraríais |
| they | aspirarían |
Subjunctive
| I | aspire |
|---|---|
| you | aspires |
| he, she, it | aspire |
| we | aspiremos |
| you (plural) | aspiréis |
| they | aspiren |
Imperfect subjunctive
| I | aspirara / aspirase |
|---|---|
| you | aspiraras / aspirases |
| he, she, it | aspirara / aspirase |
| we | aspiráramos / aspirásemos |
| you (plural) | aspirarais / aspiraseis |
| they | aspiraran / aspirasen |
More forms are in the app.
Used in the library
- Mi hermana aspira a una beca para estudiar en Europa.My sister is aiming for a grant to study in Europe.B2Otra vez, por favor (27) — Once more, please (27) (B2)
- Mi hermana aspira a una plaza de profesora en la universidad.My sister is aiming for a teaching post at the university.B2Otra vez, por favor (20) — Once more, please (20) (B2)
- La s al final de sílaba se aspira o desaparece: "los niños" suena "lo niño", con las vocales más abiertas.The s at the end of a syllable is aspirated or disappears: "los niños" sounds like "lo niño", with more open vowels.B2El español de Andalucía — The Spanish of Andalucía
- Lo que el boom dejó no fue un estilo sino un permiso: la certeza de que una novela escrita en Lima o en Aracataca podía aspirar a todo, y de que el español era una lengua en la que se podía inventar el mundo.What the Boom left behind was not a style but a permission: the certainty that a novel written in Lima or in Aracataca could aspire to everything, and that Spanish was a language in which the world could be invented.C1El boom latinoamericano — The Latin American Boom