aliento

• IPA^(key): /aˈljento/ [aˈljẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: a‧lien‧to

From Vulgar Latin *alēntus, syncopated form of *alēnitus, contracted and following metathesis from Latin anhēlitus (“panting, exhalation”), from anhēlō (“to breathe with difficulty”).

aliento m (plural alientos)

1. breath

   ¿Cómo huele mi aliento? — A una selva profunda y primordial.

   How does my breath smell? — Like a deep, primordial jungle.

• alentar
• desaliento

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

aliento

1. first-person singular present indicative of alentar

• “aliento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014