with bated breath

Signification (Anglais)

1. With reduced breath.
2. (idiomatic) Eagerly; with great anticipation.

Concepts

avec impatience

en retenant son souffle

Synonymes

breathless

breathlessly

intently

watchfully

Traductions

mit angehaltenem Atem

com a respiração suspensa

con aliento entrecortado

pasmado

prendendo o fôlego

conteniendo el aliento

com a respiração em suspenso

met ingehouden adem

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/wɪð ˈbeɪtɪd ˈbɹɛθ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From the verb bate, alteration by aphesis of the verb abate (“to reduce; lessen”). Coined by William Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice, see quotations.