Infinitive
sopiri
Forms
Tenses
| Present | sopiras |
| Past | sopiris |
| Future | sopiros |
| Conditional | sopirus |
| Imperative | sopiru! |
Participles
| Active past | sopirinta |
| Active present | sopiranta |
| Active future | sopironta |
| Passive past | sopirita |
| Passive present | sopirta |
| Passive future | sopirota |
Etymology
From French soupirer (“to sigh, to long for”), from Latin suspīrāre, from sub- (“beneath, secondary”) + spīrō (“to breathe”). Compare Italian sospirare (“to sigh, to yearn”), English suspire (“to breathe, exhale, sigh”). Doublet of spiri. See: French '
soupirer', Latin '
suspīrō', Italian '
sospirare', English '
suspire'.
Sample Sentences
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Mi sopiris pri amo. (I longed for love.)
Translations
yearn, to have a strong desire for something or to do something
yearn, to long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia