inhalar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- aspirate verb To accidentally draw food, liquid or another foreign substance into the airway or lungs instead of swallowing it into the stomach.
- inhale verb To breathe air or another substance into the lungs.
- sniff verb To inhale audibly through the nose, often to smell something.
- snort noun A short, harsh sound made by forcing air through the nose.
Senses
inhalar is used for these senses in English:
- aspirate (transitive) To inhale so as to draw something other than air into one's lungs.
- inhale (intransitive) To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
- inhale (transitive) To draw air or any form of gas (either in a pure form, or mixed with small particles in form of aerosols/smoke -sometimes stemming from a medicament) into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
- sniff (slang, primarily, UK) To inhale drugs (usually cocaine) through the nose, usually in powder form.
- snort (transitive, slang, originally, US) To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose.
aspirate — full definition
- verb To accidentally draw food, liquid or another foreign substance into the airway or lungs instead of swallowing it into the stomach.
- verb To draw fluid, tissue or air out of a body cavity using suction, usually with a needle or tube.
- verb To pronounce a sound with an audible puff of breath, as with the h in 'hat' or the p in 'pin'.
- noun A consonant sound made with a puff of breath, or the letter representing it.
inhale — full definition
- verb To breathe air or another substance into the lungs.
- verb (informal) To eat something very quickly.