1 [+air] respirar to breathe air into a balloon inflar un globo soplando; he breathed alcohol all over me el aliento le apestaba a alcohol
to breathe new life into sth infundir nueva vida a algo
to breathe one's last (die) exhalar el último suspiro (literary) When I returned he had breathed his last Old Ellery Van Dine has peacefully breathed his last at the age of ninety-four
2 (utter) [+prayer] decir en voz baja to breathe a sigh suspirar; dar un suspiro; I won't breathe a word no diré nada or palabra