gasp
/ɡæsp/ verbo C1En español: ahogar un grito, afogar un grito, boquear, respirar con dificultad
- To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock. · The audience gasped as the magician disappeared.
- To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion; to respire with heaving of the breast; to pant. · We were all gasping when we reached the summit.· c. 1761-1764, Robert Lloyd, An Epistle to C. Churchill, Author of the Rosicad She gasps and struggles hard for life.
- To speak in a breathless manner. · The old man gasped his last few words.
- To pant with eagerness or excitement; to show vehement desire. · I'm gasping for a cup of tea.
He/she/it gasps · Pasado gasped · Participio pasado gasped · Forma en -ing gasping
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- gasp
- He/she/it
- gasps
- Pasado
- gasped
- Participio pasado
- gasped
- Forma en -ing
- gasping
De la biblioteca
Yielding up her last breath, she gasped forth this lament: “O wretched creature that I am!
“They’ve taken his wedding ring!” he gasped.
Anne gave one gasping little scream which nobody ever heard; she was white to the lips, but she did not lose her self-possession.
Charpentier’s lips with many gasps and pauses.
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