soprar

Meaning

1. to blow
2. to whisper

Hyphenated as

so‧prar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/soˈpɾa(ʁ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese soprar, *soplar, probably a semi-learned term derived from Latin sufflāre (“to blow, to puff up, to inflate”). Alternatively, from Vulgar Latin *supplāre, *sopplāre.
Cognate with Galician soprar, Spanish soplar and Venetian supiar.