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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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

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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

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See also

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Latin

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Verb

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sōpīrī

  1. present passive infinitive of sōpiō
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