Un, Dos, Tres..... Ventila.

Question

One two three, breathe.

So ventilar can mean breathe?

So you can say "Un, Dos, Tres" OR "Uno, Dos, Tres"?

Gracias.

Answer 1

It's not regional, Jeezzle, "ventilar" has a few meanings: to ventilate, to fan, to air, etc.

it's not exaclty the translation of 'to breathe' in your question but of 'to ventilate', which is the same as you sure know, only more technical.

So, it can be used in the same way in Spanish as in English.

It's not very usual in Spanish though, if someone says 'ventila' I'd think they mean to air a room or something like that.

Answer 2

So you can say "Un, Dos, Tres" OR "Uno, Dos, Tres"?

When our drummer counts us in at the beginning of a song, he always counts "Un, Dos, Tres". Whether it's right or not I don't know, but I do know that it's very common to say "un" instead of "uno".

The men all say un, and the women all say uno in this show. It's weird. - jeezzle, Oct 20, 2011

Answer 3

I always thought that it was "respira" (breathe)

Yes respira, but I heard ventila in a show tonight. It might be regional though to Spain. ... I'm not sure. - jeezzle, Oct 20, 2011