anelare
Meaning
- (intransitive, literary) to long [with a ‘for’]
- (literary, transitive, uncommon) to long for, to desire ardently
- (intransitive, literary) to pant, to breathe heavily
- (literary, poetic, transitive) to exhale, to send out
Concepts
Synonyms
respirare affannosamente
desiderare ardentemente
avere il fiato grosso
respirare con affanno
restare a bocca aperta
restare senza fiato
trattenere il fiato
Translations
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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