aliento

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breath

∗ noun

aliento
ver alentar
masculine noun
1breath (respiración)
  • cobrar aliento -> to catch one's breath
  • sin aliento -> breathless
  • aliento fétido -> foul breath
2strength (ánimo)

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aliento [ah-le-en’-to]
noun
1Breath. (m)
2Vigor of mind, spirit, manfulness, courageousness. (m)
  • Yo fuí allá de un aliento -> I went thither in a whiff, without drawing breath

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aliento
sustantivo:masculino
1 (hálito) breath
tiene mal aliento he has bad breath
le huele el aliento
le huele el aliento a ajo his breath smells of garlic
2 (respiración)
el ejercicio me dejó sin aliento the exercise left me breathless out of breath;o
contener el alientocontener to hold one's breath
dar los últimos alientosdar (literario) to breathe one's last; (literario)
faltar el alientofaltar
me falta el aliento I'm out of breath
quedarse sin aliento
recobrar recuperar el alientorecobrarorecuperar to get one's breath back
tomar alientotomar
paró, tomó aliento y continuó hablando he stopped to get his breath back, then went on talking
cortar a algn el aliento to take sb's breath away
de un aliento (formal) (de una vez) in one go
3 (formal) (ánimo) courage; spirit
cobrar aliento to take heart; dar aliento a algn to encourage sb
4 (tono)
una novela de hondo aliento patriótico a novel with a deeply patriotic spirit; a profoundly patriotic novel

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