breathe

respirar

Tomar aire y expulsarlo del cuerpo.

En inglés sencillo: To take air into your body and let it out again.

• Breathe slowly and relax.
• He breathed deeply before speaking.
• Can you breathe through your nose?

Cómo se usa: breathe through something (Try to breathe through your nose.); breathe on something (Breathe on the glass and wipe it clean.)

Sinónimos: respire

Expresiones frecuentes: breathe deeply, breathe in, breathe out

respirar, inhalar

Tomar un gas concreto dentro del cuerpo para mantenerse con vida.

En inglés sencillo: To take a particular gas into your body in order to stay alive.

• Humans need to breathe oxygen.
• The diver breathed air from a tank.
• Can these animals breathe the same gases as humans?

Sinónimos: inhale

Antónimos: exhale

Expresiones frecuentes: breathe air, breathe oxygen, breathe pure oxygen

respirar

Tomar los gases necesarios para vivir y expulsar los de desecho, por ejemplo mediante branquias.

En inglés sencillo: To take in the gases needed to live and release waste gases, as animals do through gills.

• Fish can breathe underwater.
• Some frogs breathe through their skin.
• How do insects breathe?

Cómo se usa: breathe through something (Fish breathe through their gills.)

Sinónimos: respire

Expresiones frecuentes: breathe underwater, breathe through gills, breathe through skin