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==English==
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===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰreh₁-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|brethen|t=to breathe, blow, exhale, odour}}, derived from {{der|en|enm|breth|t=breath}}. Eclipsed {{noncog|enm|ethien}} and {{m|enm|orðiæn}}, from {{noncog|ang|ēþian}} and {{m|ang|orþian|t=to breathe}}; as well as {{noncog|enm|anden}}, {{m|enm|onden}}, from {{noncog|non|anda|t=to breathe}}. More at {{l|en|breath}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|brē''th''|a=RP}}, {{IPA|en|/bɹiːð/}}
* {{IPA|en|/bɹið/|a=GA}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-breathe.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{rhymes|en|iːð|s=1}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{C|en|Bodily functions}} {{lb|en|intransitive}} To draw [[air]] into ([[inhale]]), and expel air from ([[exhale]]), the [[lung]]s in order to extract [[oxygen]] and [[excrete]] waste gases.
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To take in needed gases and expel waste gases in a similar way.
#: {{ux|en|Fish have gills so they can '''breathe''' underwater.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To inhale (a gas) to sustain life.
#: {{ux|en|While life as we know it depends on oxygen, scientists have speculated that alien life forms might '''breathe''' chlorine or methane.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|figurative}} To [[live]].
#: {{ux|en|I will not allow it, as long as I still '''breathe'''.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Richard 2|II|i|passage=I am in health, I '''breathe'''.}}
#* {{RQ:Scott Lay of the Last Minstrel
|passage='''Breathes''' there a man with soul so dead?}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To draw something into the lungs.
#: {{ux|en|Try not to '''breathe''' too much smoke.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To expel air from the lungs, [[exhale]].
#: {{ux|en|If you '''breathe''' on a mirror, it will fog up.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[exhale]] or [[expel]] (something) in the manner of [[breath]].
#: {{ux|en|The flowers '''breathed''' a heady perfume.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2012|author=Timothy Groves|title=The Book Of Creatures|isbn=1105473058|page=85
|passage=Mountain Drakes '''breathe''' fire, Ice Drakes '''breathe''' ice, Swamp Drakes '''breathe''' acid, and Forest Drakes '''breathe''' lightning.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To give an [[impression]] of, to [[exude]].
#: {{ux|en|The decor positively '''breathes''' classical elegance.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[whisper]] quietly.
#: {{ux|en|He '''breathed''' the words into her ear, but she understood them all.}}
# To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to emanate; to blow gently.
#: {{ux|en|The wind '''breathes''' through the trees.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Tempest|2|1|passage=The air '''breathes''' upon us here most sweetly.}}
#* {{RQ:Byron Childe Harold|passage=There '''breathes''' a living fragrance from the shore.}}
# {{lb|en|chiefly|Evangelical and Charismatic|_|Christianity|with God as agent}} To [[inspire]] ([[scripture]]).
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1850|author=John Howard Hinton|title=On the Divine Inspiration of the Scriptures. A lecture, etc|page=16
|passage=The affirmation before us, then, will be, "All scripture is divinely '''breathed'''."}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1917|author=J. C. Ferdinand Pittman|title=Bible Truths Illustrated: For the Use of Preachers, Teachers, Bible-school, Christian Endeavor, Temperance and Other Christian Workers|page=168
|passage={{...}} that God, who '''breathed''' the Scriptures, &quot;cannot lie,&quot; {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2010|author=Jay E. Adams|title=The Christian Counselor's Manual: The Practice of Nouthetic Counseling|publisher=Zondervan|isbn=9780310871736
|passage=Paul says that since God '''breathed''' the Scriptures, they are therefore useful; he did not put it the other way around (i.e., that they are useful, therefore inspired).}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To exchange gases with the environment.
#: {{ux|en|Garments made of certain new materials '''breathe''' well and keep the skin relatively dry during exercise.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|now|rare}} To [[rest]]; to stop and catch one's breath.
#* {{RQ:Mlry MrtDrthr|12.64|2|X|lxiiij|passage=Thenne they lasshed to gyder many sad strokes / & tracyd and trauercyd now bakward / now sydelyng hurtlyng to gyders lyke two bores / & that same tyme they felle both grouelyng to the erthe / Thus they fought styll withoute ony reposynge two houres and neuer '''brethed'''}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Henry 4-1|2|4
|passage=Well! '''breathe''' awhile, and then to it again!}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To stop, to give {{qualifier|a horse}} an opportunity to catch its breath.
#: {{ux|en|At higher altitudes you need to '''breathe''' your horse more often.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[exercise]]; to [[tire]] by [[brisk]] exercise.
# {{lb|en|transitive|figurative}} To [[passionate]]ly [[devote]] much of one's life to (an activity, etc.).
#: {{ux|en|―Do you like hiking? ―Are you kidding? I '''breathe''' hiking.}}

====Conjugation====
{{en-conj|stem=breath|old=1}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|to draw air in and out}} see [[Thesaurus:breathe]]
* {{sense|to be passionate about}} [[live and breathe]]

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|overbreathed|unbreathed|breathable|breather|embreathe|imbreathe|misbreathe|rebreathe|underbreathe|upbreathe|airbreathing|breathingly|fire-breathing| breathe back to life|nonbreathing|unbreathing|breathe a sigh of relief|breathe a word|breathe again|breathe down someone's neck|breathe freely|breathe one's last|breathe one's last breath|breathe upon|buddy breathe|stagger breathe|breathing gas|breathing room|breathing space|breathing spell|fire-breathing
|as I live and breathe|mouth-breathe|airbreathing
|breathe easy
|breathe in
|breathe out
|inbreathe| bum-breathing
|outbreathe
|overbreathe
}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|breath}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to draw air in and out}}
* Abkhaz: {{t|ab|аԥсыԥлагаҩагара}}
* Acehnese: {{t|ace|naphah}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|asem}}, {{t|af|asemhaal}}
* Aklanon: {{t|akl|ginhawa}}
* Albanian: {{t|sq|marr frymë}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|تَنَفَّسَ}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|շնչել|sc=Armn}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|adilju}}, {{t|rup|suflu}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|উশাহ লোৱা}}
* Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܢܵܦ̮ܹܫ|tr=nafeš}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|respirar}}
* Avar: {{t|av|хӏухьел цӏазе}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|nəfəs almaq|sc=Latn}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|ды́хаць|impf}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|দম নেওয়া}}, {{t|bn|শ্বাস ফেলা}}
* Bikol Central: {{t+|bcl|hangos}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ди́шам|impf}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ရှူ|sc=Mymr}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|respirar}}, {{t+|ca|alenar}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|ginhawa}}
* Central Atlas Tamazight: {{t|tzm|ⵙⵙⵓⵏⴼⵙ}}
* Chechen: {{t-needed|ce}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᎧᏬᎳᏕᎠ}}
* Chickasaw: {{t|cic|foyopa}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|呼吸|tr=hūxī}}, {{t+|cmn|吸|tr=xī}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|dýchat|impf}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|ånde}}, {{t|da|trække vejret}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|ademen}}, {{t+|nl|ademhalen}}, {{t+|nl|asemen}}, {{t|nl|asemhalen}}
* Erzya: {{t|myv|лексемс}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|spiri}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|hingama}}
* Faroese: {{t+|fo|anda}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hengittää}}
* French: {{t+|fr|respirer}}, {{t+|fr|inspirer}}, {{t+|fr|expirer}}
*: Middle French: {{t|frm|respirer}}
*: Old French: {{t|fro|respirer}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|respirar}}, {{t+|gl|bafexar}}, {{t+|gl|folguexar}}, {{t+|gl|alentar}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|სუნთქვა|sc=Geor}}
* German: {{t+|de|atmen}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αναπνέω|sc=Grek}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|πνέω}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|anersaarpoq}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|נָשַׁם|tr=nashám}}
* Hiligaynon: {{t|hil|ginhawa}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|सांस लेना}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|lélegzik}}, {{t|hu|levegőt vesz}}, {{t|hu|lélegzetet vesz}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|anda}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|respirar}}
* Ilocano: {{t|ilo|aganges}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|bernafas}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|análaigh}}, {{t|ga|riospráid}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|respirare}}
* Itza': {{t|itz|mus ikʼ}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|呼吸|alt=呼吸する|tr=こきゅうする, kokyū suru}}, {{t|ja|息をする|tr=いきをする, iki o suru}}, {{t+|ja|吐く|tr=はく, haku}}, {{t+|ja|吸い込む|tr=すいこむ, suikomu}} {{qualifier|breathe in}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|isnaua}}
* Kashubian: {{t|csb|dëchac}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|дем алу|sc=Cyrl}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ដកដង្ហើម}}
* Kinaray-a: {{t|krj|ginhawa}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|숨쉬다}}, {{t+|ko|호흡(呼吸)하다}}, {{t|ko|[[숨]]을 [[쉬다]]}}, {{t|ko|([[공기]]를) [[마시다]]}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|дем алуу|sc=Cyrl}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ຫາຍໃຈ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|spīrō}}, {{t|la|respīrō}}, {{t|la|hālō}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|elpot}}
* Lingala: {{t|ln|kopema}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|kvėpuoti}}
* Low German: {{t+|nds|aten}}, {{t+|nds|aten}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|ootmen}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|дише|impf}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|bernafas}}, {{t+|ms|hirup}}
* Mam: {{t|mam|xewil}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ ᡤᠠᡳᠮᠪᡳ}}
* Maori: {{t+|mi|ngā}}, {{t|mi|whakangā}}, {{t|mi|ānene}} {{qualifier|gently}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|амьсгалах|sc=Cyrl}}
* Nepali: {{t|ne|सास फेर्नु}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|respither}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
* North Frisian: {{qualifier|Föhr-Amrum}} {{t|frr|öösme}}, {{t|frr|locht haale}}
* Northern Sami: {{t|se|vuoiŋŋadit}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|puste}}, {{t|no|ånde}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|respirar}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|cu|дꙑхати|impf}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|ēþian}}, {{t|ang|orþian}}
* Ossetian: {{t|os|улӕфын}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|صولومق|tr=solumak}}
* Pangasinan: {{t|pag|linawa}}
* Papiamentu: {{t|pap|respirá}}, {{t|pap|hala rosea}}
* Pashto: {{t+|ps|ساکښل|tr=sākx̌ᶕl}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|نفس کشیدن|tr=nafas kešidan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|oddychać|impf}}, {{t|pl|odetchnąć|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|respirar}}
* Q'anjob'al: {{t|kjb|jiq’a’}}
* Rapa Nui: {{t|rap|haa}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|respira}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|respirar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|дыша́ть|impf}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|дисати|impf}}, {{t|sh|дихати|impf}} {{qualifier|Kajkavian}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|disati|impf}}, {{t|sh|dihati|impf}} {{qualifier|Kajkavian}}
* Sinhalese: {{t|si|හුස්ම ගන්නවා|sc=Sinh}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|dýchať|impf}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|dihati|impf}}
* Somali: {{t|so|neefsasho}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|dychaś|impf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|respirar}}
* Sranan Tongo: {{t|srn|bro}}
* Sundanese: {{t|su|ambekan}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|pumua|alt=-pumua}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|andas}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|huminga}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|нафас кашидан|sc=Cyrl}}
* Tarantino: {{t|roa-tar|respirà}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|หายใจ}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|དབུགས་རྒྱག|sc=Tibt}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|nefes almak}}, {{t+|tr|solumak}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|dem almak}}
* Tuvan: {{t|tyv|тынар}}
* Tày: {{t|tyz|au châư}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|ди́хати|impf}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|سانس لینا|tr=sāns lenā|sc=ur-Arab}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|نەپەس ئالماق}}, {{t|ug|نەپەسلەنمەك}}
* Uzbek: {{t|uz|nafas olmoq}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|thở}}, {{t+|vi|hô hấp}} ({{t|vi|呼吸}})
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|natemön}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|respirer}}
* Waray-Waray: {{t|war|ginhawa}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|anadlu}}
* West Frisian: {{t+|fy|sykhelje}}
* White Hmong: {{t|mww|ua pa}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|אָטעמען}}
* Zealandic: {{t|zea|aeseme}}
* Zhuang: {{t|za|diemheiq}}
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{{trans-top|to exchange gases in similar way}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|respirar}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hengittää}}
* French: {{t+|fr|respirer}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|נשם|tr=nashám}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|lélegzik}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|respirare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|呼吸|alt=呼吸する|tr=こきゅうする, kokyū suru}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|respither}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|oddychać}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|respirar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|дыша́ть|impf}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|dýchať}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|dihati}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|respirar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|andas}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|anadlu}}
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{{trans-top|to use gas to sustain life}}
* Chickasaw: {{t|cic|foyopa}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hengittää}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|belélegez}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|дыша́ть|impf}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|dýchať}}
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{{trans-top|figuratively: to live}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|живея}}, {{t+|bg|съществувам}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hengittää}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|él}}, {{t|hu|életben van}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|生きる|tr=ikiru}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|bernyawa}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|oddychać swobodnie}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|respirar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|жить}}, {{t+|ru|существова́ть}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|dýchať}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|dihati}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|andas}}
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{{trans-top|to draw into lungs}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|вдишвам}}, {{t+|bg|вдъхвам}}
* Chickasaw: {{t|cic|foyopa}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|inademen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hengittää}}, {{t|fi|[[hengittää]] [[sisään]]}}
* German: {{t+|de|einatmen}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|נשם|tr=nashám}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|belélegez}}, {{t+|hu|beszív}}, {{t+|hu|belehel}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|吸い込む|tr=suikomu}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wdychać}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|respirar}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|mutkhiy}}, {{t|qu|samay}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|вдыха́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|вдохну́ть|pf}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|vdýchnuť}}, {{t|sk|vdychovať}}, {{t|sk|nadýchnuť sa}}, {{t|sk|nadýchať sa}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|vdihniti}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|andas in}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|anadlu}}
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{{trans-top|to expel air from the lungs}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|uitademen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hengittää}}, {{t|fi|[[hengittää]] [[ulos]]}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kilélegez}}, {{t+|hu|kifúj}}, {{t+|hu|ráfúj}}, {{t+|hu|lehel}}, {{t+|hu|rálehel}}, {{t+|hu|kilehel}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|выдыха́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|вы́дохнуть|pf}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|vydýchnuť}}, {{t|sk|vydychovať}}, {{t|sk|dýchnuť}}
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{{trans-top|to pass like breath}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|henkäillä}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|susog}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|дыша́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|изрыга́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|изрыгну́ть|pf}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|uvoľňovať}}
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{{trans-top|to give an impression of}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|henkiä}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|sugároz}}, {{t+|hu|áraszt}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|дыша́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|излуча́ть|impf}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|vyžarovať}}
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{{trans-top|to whisper quietly}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|промълвям}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|ademen}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[kuiskata]] [[hiljaa]]}}
* German: {{t+|de|hauchen}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|lehel}}, {{t+|hu|súg}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ささやく|tr=sasayaku}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|szeptać}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|cochichar}}, {{t+|pt|murmurar}}, {{t+|pt|sussurrar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|шепта́ть}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|šepkať}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|dahniti}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|viska}}
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{{trans-top|to exchange gases with the environment}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hengittää}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|levegőzik}}, {{t+|hu|lélegzik}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ве́ять|impf}}, {{t+|ru|пове́ять|pf}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|dýchať}}
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{{trans-top|to stop and catch one's breath}}
* Chickasaw: {{t|cic|foyopa}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hengähtää}}
* French: {{t+|fr|reprendre son souffle}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|szusszan}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|trekke pusten}}, {{t|nb|puste ut}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|respirar}}, {{t+|pt|resfolegar}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|samay}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|перевести́ дух}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|oddychovať}}, {{t|sk|oddýchnuť si}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|hämta andan}}, {{t|sv|pusta ut}}
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{{trans-top|to give an opportunity to catch breath}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[antaa]] [[hengähtää]]}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|дать переды́шку|pf}}
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{{trans-top|(figurative) to be passionately devoted to}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|elää ja hengittää}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|imád}}, {{t+|hu|odavan}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|（…に）[[熱中]]する|tr=(…ni) netchuu suru}}
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* Bulgarian: {{t-check|bg|отдъхвам}} <!-- Was under non-existing sense: "to be relaxed" -->
* Catalan: {{t+check|ca|respirar}} <!-- Was under non-existing sense: "to be relaxed" -->
* Friulian: {{qualifier|1}} {{t-check|fur|respirâ}}
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|nafas|alt=bernafas}}
* Japanese: {{t-check|ja|一息つく|tr=hitoiki-tsuku}} <!-- Was under non-existing sense: "to be relaxed" -->
* Quechua: {{t-check|qu|samay}} <!-- Was under non-existing sense: "to be relaxed" -->
* Telugu: {{qualifier|1}} {{t-check|te|శ్వాసించు|sc=Telu}}, {{qualifier|2}} {{t-check|te|ఊపిరి ఆడు|sc=Telu}}
* Thai: {{t-check|th|หายใจเข้า|tr=hai-jai-kao|sc=Thai}} ''breathe in''
* Turkish: {{qualifier|1,2,3}} {{t+check|tr|soluk almak}}, {{qualifier|1,2,3}} {{t+check|tr|nefes almak}}
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=abeehrt|beareth|beheart|herb tea|rebathe}}

{{C|en|Air}}