🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

aspiración

Pronunciation / Transliteration: aspiración

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Aspiration/ˌæs.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2450 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Su gran aspiración es escribir un libro."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A hope or ambition of achieving something.

    "Her ultimate aspiration is to become a successful novelist."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'aspiratio', meaning 'a breathing upon' or 'aspiring to', stemming from 'aspirare' (to breathe towards, from ad- + spirare to breathe). In late Middle English, it initially denoted a drawing of breath or the pronunciation of a breath sound, later evolving by the 17th century to metaphorically describe a strong ambition or longing directed towards a lofty goal.

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