suspiro

From suspiri (“to sigh”, intransitive verb) +‎ -o (nominal suffix).

• IPA^(key): /susˈpiro/

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• Rhymes: -iro
• Syllabification: sus‧pi‧ro

suspiro (accusative singular suspiron, plural suspiroj, accusative plural suspirojn)

1. sigh (act of sighing)
   • 1930, Stellan Engholm, “IV. [4.]”, in Al Torento: Unua libro en la Torento-trilogio [To Torrent: First book in the Torrent trilogy], Tyresö: Inko, published 2001, →ISBN, page 56, lines 24–25:

     Nun li ekmemoris pri la ekstera mondo, kaj suspiro de laceco kaj rezigno eliĝis el lia brusto.

     Now he began to remember the outside world, and a sigh of weariness and resignation escaped his chest.

   • 1993 March, Armando Zecchin, “La kokino de nia najbarino”, in Monato: internacia magazino‎^[1], number 3, Belgio: Flandra Esperanto-Ligo, archived from the original on 2 September 2025, page 27:

     Kian liberigan suspiron elmetis mia patrino, kiam nia najbarino rezignis la pozicion kaj la pordo fermiĝis!

     What a sigh of relief my mother let out, when our neighbor gave up her position and the door closed!

• “suspiro”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

• IPA^(key): /susˈpiɾo/ [s̺us̺ˈpi.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -iɾo
• Hyphenation: sus‧pi‧ro

suspiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of suspirar

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• IPA^(key): /susˈpi.ro/
• Rhymes: -iro
• Hyphenation: sus‧pi‧ro

suspiro (plural suspiros)

1. sigh (act of sighing)

From sub- + spīrō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sʊsˈpiː.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [susˈpiː.ro]
• Hyphenation: sus‧pī‧rō

suspīrō (present infinitive suspīrāre, perfect active suspīrāvī, supine suspīrātum); first conjugation

1. to sigh (to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it)
   • 8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 1.417:

     hanc cupit, hanc optat, sōla suspīrat in illā

     Her he desires — her he longs after — for her alone he sighs
     1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Trans. & notes by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 28.

• suspīrātiō
• suspīrium

• “suspiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “suspiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “suspiro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• Rhymes: -iɾu
• Hyphenation: sus‧pi‧ro

Deverbal from suspirar. Alternatively from Latin suspirium.

suspiro m (plural suspiros)

1. sigh
2. gasp

   no último suspiro ― at the last gasp

3. meringue

   Synonym: merengue

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

suspiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of suspirar

• “suspiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “suspiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /susˈpiɾo/ [susˈpi.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -iɾo
• Syllabification: sus‧pi‧ro

Deverbal from suspirar, or from Latin suspīrium.

suspiro m (plural suspiros)

1. sigh
2. (by extension, colloquial) instant (brief moment)
   • 2022 December 8, Juan Diego Quesada, Inés Santaeulalia, “Los 180 minutos que hicieron temblar Perú”, in El País‎^[2]:

     El pulso al orden constitucional duró un suspiro, lo que tardaron los militares en hacer un escueto comunicado en el que anunciaban que no respaldaban su aventura golpista.

     The challenge to constitutional order lasted only an instant, the time it took for the military to issue a brief statement announcing that they did not support his coup attempt.

3. various small pastries of high sugar content
4. meringue

   Synonym: merengue

5. Nolana (type of flower)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

suspiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of suspirar

• “suspiro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025