sopiri

Esperanto

Etymology

From French soupirer (“to sigh, to long for”), from Latin suspīrāre, present active infinitive of suspīrō, from sub- (“beneath, secondary”) +‎ spīrō (“I breathe”). Compare Italian sospirare (“to sigh, to yearn”), English suspire (“to breathe, exhale, sigh”). Doublet of spiri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [soˈpiri]
• Rhymes: -iri
• Hyphenation: so‧pi‧ri

Verb

sopiri (present sopiras, past sopiris, future sopiros, conditional sopirus, volitive sopiru)

1. (intransitive) to long for, yearn for

   Mi sopiris pri amo. ― I longed for love.

Usage notes

sopiri generally requires either a prepositional phrase beginning with al or pri (sopiri al sia hejmlando, sopiri pri kunulo) or a verb phrase (sopiri forflugi). alsopiri takes a direct object and can be used in passive forms (alsopirita liberiĝo but not *sopirita).

Conjugation

Conjugation of sopiri present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense sopiras sopiris sopiros active participle sopiranta sopirantaj sopirinta sopirintaj sopironta sopirontaj acc. sopirantan sopirantajn sopirintan sopirintajn sopirontan sopirontajn nominal active participle sopiranto sopirantoj sopirinto sopirintoj sopironto sopirontoj acc. sopiranton sopirantojn sopirinton sopirintojn sopironton sopirontojn adverbial active participle sopirante sopirinte sopironte infinitive sopiri imperative sopiru conditional sopirus

Related terms

• alsopiri (“to long for”)
• sopiro (“longing”)

See also

• deziri (“to desire”)
• spiri (“to breathe”)

Latin

Verb

sōpīrī

1. present passive infinitive of sōpiō