Meaning
to sigh
- to yearn for, long for
In a sentence
Dopo la riunione, ho sospirato di sollievo.
After the meeting, I sighed with relief.
Sospiri ancora per il tuo ex?
Are you still pining for your ex?
La sera sospiriamo per un po' di fresco.
In the evening, we long for a bit of cool air.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sospirare | infinitive |
| sospiriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sospiro | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sospirate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sospiri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sospirano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sospira | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sospiravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sospiravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sospiravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sospiravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sospiravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sospirava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sospirammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sospirai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sospiraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sospirasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sospirarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sospirò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sospireremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sospirerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sospirerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sospirerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sospireranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sospirerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sospiriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sospiri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sospiriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sospiri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sospirino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sospiri | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sospirassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sospirassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sospiraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sospirassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sospirassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sospirasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sospireremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sospirerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sospirereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sospireresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sospirerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sospirerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sospiriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sospirate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sospira | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sospirando | gerund |
| sospirato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- For romantic or poetic longing, sospirare is stronger and more literary than desiderare or volere.
- Often used with per: sospirare per qualcuno/qualcosa. Learners may wrongly use a direct object in longing contexts.
- As an intransitive verb meaning physical sighing, it takes avere in compound tenses: ha sospirato.