| Principal Translations |
| breathe⇒ vi | (person, animal) | respirar⇒ vi |
| | | aspirar⇒ vtr |
| | The kitten slept soundly, breathing softly and twitching her whiskers every now and then. |
| | El gato dormía profundamente, respirando suavemente y moviendo sus bigotes cada tanto. |
| breathe vi | (to be alive) | vivir⇒ vi |
| Note: Often in the continous |
| | As long as I'm breathing that man will never set foot in my house! |
| | ¡Mientras viva ese hombre no pisará mi casa! |
| breathe vi | figurative (fabric, leather) (tela) | respirar⇒ vi |
| | Rachel didn't like the blouse because the material didn't breathe well. |
| | A Rachel no le gustaba la blusa porque su material no respiraba bien. |
| breathe [sth]⇒ vtr | (air: inhale) | respirar⇒ vtr |
| | | inhalar⇒ vtr |
| | David likes to go hiking to breathe the mountain air. |
| | A David le gusta hacer caminatas para respirar el aire de montaña. |
| breathe [sth] vtr | (emit) | escupir⇒ vtr |
| | | exhalar⇒ vtr |
| | | respirar⇒ vtr |
| | According to the legend, there is a dragon in the mountains who breathes fire. |
| | Según la leyenda, hay un dragón en la montaña que escupe fuego. |
| Additional Translations |
| breathe⇒ vi | (compose yourself) | respirar⇒ vi |
| | | respirar hondo vi + adv |
| | | tomar aire vtr + nm |
| | Fighting his stage fright, the actor closed his eyes and breathed before his scene. |
| | Peleando contra su pánico escénico, el actor cerró los ojos y respiró antes de su escena. |
| breathe vi | (combustion: take air in) | respirar⇒ vi |
| breathe vi | figurative (wine: be open to air) | respirar⇒ vi |
| | Uncork the wine and leave it to breathe for an hour before you serve it. |
| | Descorcha el vino y déjalo respirar por una hora antes de servir. |
| breathe [sth]⇒ vtr | (whisper) | susurrar⇒ vtr |
| | Susan breathed the instructions into Harry's ear. |
| | Susan le susurró las instrucciones al oído a Harry. |
| breathe [sth] vtr | (allow [sth] to rest) (figurado) | dejar respirar loc verb |
| | | dar un descanso loc verb |
| | After the hard ride, the jockey breathed his horse. |
| | Después de la carrera, el jockey dejó respirar al caballo. |
| breathe [sth] into [sth] vtr + prep | figurative (instill, inspire) | infundir algo en loc verb |
| | | dar algo a loc verb |
| | Her writing has breathed new life into a tired old subject. |
| | Su escritura ha infundido nuevo aire en un viejo tema. |
Locuciones verbales
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| breathe in vi phrasal | (inhale) | inspirar⇒ vi |
| | Don't breathe in: there may be toxic fumes in the air. |
| | No inspires, puede haber gases tóxicos en el aire. |
| | | respirar⇒ vi |
| | | inhalar⇒ vi |
| | No respires, puede haber gases tóxicos en el aire. |
| | No inhales, puede haber gases tóxicos en el aire. |
| breathe [sth] in vtr phrasal sep | (inhale) | inhalar⇒ vtr |
| | | aspirar⇒ vtr |
| | A number of workers fell ill after breathing in poisonous gas. |
| | Varios trabajadores se sintieron mal después de haber inhalado gas tóxico. |
| | Varios trabajadores se sintieron mal después de haber aspirado gas tóxico. |
| breathe out vi phrasal | (exhale) | exhalar⇒ vi |
| Note: También puede funcionar como transitivo. |
| | The doctor asked the patient to breathe out slowly. |
| | El médico le pidió al paciente que exhalara lentamente. |
| | | largar el aire loc verb |
| | El médico le pidió al paciente que largara el aire lentamente. |
| breathe [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | (exhale) | exhalar⇒ vtr |
| | Carlos lit a cigarette and breathed the smoke out through his nostrils. |
| | Carlos encendió un cigarrillo y exhaló el humo por la nariz. |
Compound Forms:
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| breathe again vi + adv | figurative (feel relieved) (figurado) | respirar tranquilo loc verb |
| | Now that I'm sure he's in jail for a long time, I can breathe again. |
| | Ahora que sé que estará en la cárcel por una larga temporada, ya puedo respirar tranquila. |
| | (figurado) | respirar de nuevo loc verb |
| | Ahora que sé que estará en la cárcel por una larga temporada, ya puedo respirar de nuevo. |
| breathe down [sb]'s neck v expr | (monitor closely) | vigilar de cerca a loc verb |
| | | estar encima de loc verb |
| breathe down [sb]'s neck v expr | (be close behind [sb]) | tener a alguien pegado loc verb |
| breathe easier vi + adv | informal, figurative (feel relieved) (figurado) | respirar tranquilo loc verb |
| | We can all breathe easier now that the escaped prisoner has been captured. |
| | Ahora que capturaron al prisionero prófugo todos podemos respirar tranquilos. |
| | (figurado) | dormir tranquilo loc verb |
| | Ahora que capturaron al prisionero prófugo todos podemos dormir tranquilos. |
breathe easier,
breathe more easily vi + adv | (stop struggling for breath) | respirar con normalidad loc verb |
| | | respirar sin dificultad loc verb |
| | The drug relaxes the muscles in the chest so the patient can breathe easier. |
| | El medicamento relaja los músculos del pecho para que el paciente pueda respirar con normalidad. |
| breathe easy vi + adv | figurative, informal (be reassured) | quedarse tranquilo v prnl + adj |
| | | estar tranquilo v cop + adj |
| | You can breathe easy again; we have solved the problem. |
| | Puedes quedarte tranquilo, ya resolvimos el problema. |
| breathe life into [sth] vtr | figurative (revive, rejuvenate) (figurado) | infundir vida a loc verb |
| | (figurado) | dar un nuevo aire a loc verb |
| | (figurado) | infundir un nuevo aliento a loc verb |
| | The paramedics breathed life into the accident victim. |
| | Los paramédicos le infundieron vida a la víctima del accidente. |
| | (coloquial, figurado) | inyectar ganas a loc verb |
| breathe new life into [sth] v expr | figurative (reinvent, rejuvenate) | dar nueva vida a algo loc verb + prep |
| | | revitalizar algo vtr |
| | Hiring Edie with her fresh new ideas will breathe new life into this company. |
| | Contratar a Edie, con sus ideas innovadoras, dará nueva vida a esta empresa. |
breathe your last breath,
breathe your last v expr | (die) (eufemismo) | dar el último suspiro expr |
| | | exhalar el último aliento expr |
| | After she received extreme unction, she breathed her last breath. |
| | Después de recibir la extremaunción dio el último suspiro. |
| | (eufemismo) | dar el último aliento loc verb |
| | (eufemismo, anticuado) | dar el último estertor loc verb |
| | | exhalar el último suspiro loc verb |
| live and breathe [sth] v expr | figurative (be passionately interested in [sth]) | vivir sólo para algo loc verb |
| | | vivir para algo loc verb |
| | When I was a teenager I lived and breathed ballet. Her boyfriend lives and breathes football; nothing else seems to interest him. |
| | Cuando era adolescente, vivía sólo para el ballet. |
| | | ser algo su mundo loc verb |
| | Cuando era adolescente, el ballet era mi mundo. |
| | (MX, coloquial) | alucinar con vi + prep |
| | Cuando era adolescente, alucinaba con el ballet. |
| not breathe a word v expr | (say nothing, keep [sth] secret) | no decir nada expr |