with bated breath

Significado (Inglês)

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

Traduções

con aliento entrecortado

avec impatience

conteniendo el aliento

en retenant son souffle

met ingehouden adem

Pronunciado como (IPA)
/wɪð ˈbeɪtɪd ˈbɹɛθ/
Etimologia (Inglês)

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.

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