aspirować

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspīrō + -ować.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /as.piˈrɔ.vat͡ɕ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: as‧pi‧ro‧wać

Verb

aspirować impf

  1. (intransitive, literary) to aspire (to have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something) [+ do (genitive) = to something]
    Synonym: pretendować
    aspirować do awansuto aspire a promotion
    aspirować na stanowiskotp aspire for a position
  2. (intransitive, phonology) to aspirate (to produce an audible puff of breath after a consonant)
  3. (intransitive, medicine) to aspirate (to inhale so as to draw something other than air into one's lungs)

Conjugation

adjectives
nouns

Further reading

  • aspirować in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • aspirować in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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