Meaning
exhale, emit, give off
- to give off or emit vapors, odors, or heat
- to breathe one's last (in figurative and idiomatic expressions)
In a sentence
I fusti chimici continuavano a esalare vapori altamente nocivi nell'aria.
The chemical drums continued to emit highly noxious fumes into the air.
L'anziano patriarca ha esalato l'ultimo respiro circondato dall'affetto della famiglia.
The elderly patriarch breathed his last surrounded by the love of his family.
La terra bagnata dalla pioggia estiva esalava un profumo intenso e gradevole.
The earth soaked by the summer rain gave off an intense, pleasant fragrance.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| esalare | infinitive |
| esalo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| esali | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| esala | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| esaliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| esalate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| esalano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| esalavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| esalavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| esalava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| esalavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| esalavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| esalavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| esalai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| esalasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| esalò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| esalammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| esalaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| esalarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| esalerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| esalerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| esalerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| esaleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| esalerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| esaleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| esali | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| esali | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| esali | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| esaliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| esaliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| esalino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| esalassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| esalassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| esalasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| esalassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| esalaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| esalassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| esalerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| esaleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| esalerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| esaleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| esalereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| esalerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| esala | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| esaliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| esalate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| esalando | gerund |
| esalato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Literary: formal and elevated register, rarely used in informal daily speech.
- Most widely encountered in the set phrase 'esalare l'ultimo respiro' (to draw one's last breath).