respire — a verb that simply means “to breathe”
respirar — the Spanish cognate of the same meaning
These words come from Latin’s respirare, which is a combination of the prefix “re-” and “spirare” which means “to breathe” or “to blow,” thus making them cognates. Our more commonly used word “breathe” in English is a pure En…
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