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aspiración

aspiration

noun ahs-pee-rah-SYOHN Rare
Mind & Emotions Attitudes

Origin: From Latin aspiratio.

Also means

ambition

Usage Note

Aspiración can mean an ambition or goal (sus aspiraciones profesionales) and, in medicine or phonetics, the act of drawing in air or the aspiration of a sound. The related verb is aspirar, which also means to vacuum (aspirar el suelo = to hoover the floor).

Examples

"Su mayor aspiración es convertirse en médica."

Natural Translation

Her greatest aspiration is to become a doctor.

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