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aspirar

to aspire (to)

VerbFrequency #1440

Intransitive verb

  1. 1

    (to desire strongly) to aspire (to)

    Él aspira a una vida mejor.

    He aspires to a better life.

Transitive verb

  1. 1

    (to breathe in) to inhale

    El paciente debe aspirar profundamente.

    The patient must inhale deeply.
  2. 2

    (to clean with a vacuum cleaner) to vacuum

    Necesito aspirar la alfombra antes de que lleguen los invitados.

    I need to vacuum the carpet before the guests arrive.

1(to desire strongly)to aspire (to)

Él aspira a una vida mejor.

He aspires to a better life.

Ella aspira a ser una gran artista.

She aspires to be a great artist.

Muchos jóvenes aspiran a lograr sus sueños.

Many young people aspire to achieve their dreams.

Ella aspira a ser médica.

She aspires to be a doctor.

2(to breathe in)to inhale

El paciente debe aspirar profundamente.

The patient must inhale deeply.

Ten cuidado de no aspirar el humo.

Be careful not to inhale the smoke.

El médico me dijo que aspirara lentamente.

The doctor told me to inhale slowly.

Debes aspirar profundamente.

You must inhale deeply.

3(to clean with a vacuum cleaner)to vacuum

Necesito aspirar la alfombra antes de que lleguen los invitados.

I need to vacuum the carpet before the guests arrive.

¿Ya aspiraste la sala?

Did you vacuum the living room yet?

Tengo que aspirar el coche hoy.

I have to vacuum the car today.

Necesito aspirar la alfombra.

I need to vacuum the carpet.
Verb

Forms

conditional indicative

1st singularaspiraría

2nd singularaspirarías

3rd singularaspiraría

1st pluralaspiraríamos

2nd pluralaspiraríais

3rd pluralaspirarían

future indicative

1st singularaspiraré

2nd singularaspirarás

3rd singularaspirará

1st pluralaspiraremos

2nd pluralaspiraréis

3rd pluralaspirarán

gerund

aspirando

imperative affirmative

2nd singularaspira

1st pluralaspiremos

2nd pluralaspirad

imperative negative

2nd singularno aspires

1st pluralno aspiremos

2nd pluralno aspiréis

imperfect indicative

1st singularaspiraba

2nd singularaspirabas

3rd singularaspiraba

1st pluralaspirábamos

2nd pluralaspirabais

3rd pluralaspiraban

imperfect subjunctive

1st singularaspirara

2nd singularaspiraras

3rd singularaspirara

1st pluralaspiráramos

2nd pluralaspirarais

3rd pluralaspiraran

infinitive

aspirar

participle

aspirado

pluperfect indicative

1st singularhabía aspirado

2nd singularhabías aspirado

3rd singularhabía aspirado

1st pluralhabíamos aspirado

2nd pluralhabíais aspirado

3rd pluralhabían aspirado

present indicative

1st singularaspiro

2nd singularaspiras

3rd singularaspira

1st pluralaspiramos

2nd pluralaspiráis

3rd pluralaspiran

present perfect indicative

1st singularhe aspirado

2nd singularhas aspirado

3rd singularha aspirado

1st pluralhemos aspirado

2nd pluralhabéis aspirado

3rd pluralhan aspirado

present perfect subjunctive

1st singularhaya aspirado

2nd singularhayas aspirado

3rd singularhaya aspirado

1st pluralhayamos aspirado

2nd pluralhayáis aspirado

3rd pluralhayan aspirado

present subjunctive

1st singularaspire

2nd singularaspires

3rd singularaspire

1st pluralaspiremos

2nd pluralaspiréis

3rd pluralaspiren

preterite indicative

1st singularaspiré

2nd singularaspiraste

3rd singularaspiró

1st pluralaspiramos

2nd pluralaspirasteis

3rd pluralaspiraron