Usage Note
Inspiración covers both the creative sense (artistic inspiration) and the physiological one (the act of inhaling air). The creative sense is far more common in everyday speech; for breathing, the verbs inspirar (to inhale) and espirar (to exhale) appear in medical or yoga contexts.
Examples
"La música fue su inspiración."
Natural Translation
Music was her inspiration.

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