anelare

Meaning

  1. (intransitive, literary) to long [with a ‘for’]
  2. (literary, transitive, uncommon) to long for, to desire ardently
  3. (intransitive, literary) to pant, to breathe heavily
  4. (literary, poetic, transitive) to exhale, to send out

Synonyms

respirare affannosamente

desiderare ardentemente

avere il fiato grosso

respirare con affanno

restare a bocca aperta

restare senza fiato

trattenere il fiato

Hyphenated as
a‧ne‧là‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.neˈla.re/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anhēlāre (“breathe heavily, pant; long for”). Doublet of alenare, which was inherited.

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