inhalar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inhālāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [i.nəˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [i.naˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [i.naˈla]

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Verb

inhalar (first-person singular present inhalo, first-person singular preterite inhalí, past participle inhalat)

1. to inhale

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of inhalar (first conjugation)

infinitive			inhalar
gerund			inhalant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		inhalat		inhalada
		plural		inhalats		inhalades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	inhalo	inhales	inhala	inhalem	inhaleu	inhalen
	imperfect	inhalava	inhalaves	inhalava	inhalàvem	inhalàveu	inhalaven
	future	inhalaré	inhalaràs	inhalarà	inhalarem	inhalareu	inhalaran
	preterite	inhalí	inhalares	inhalà	inhalàrem	inhalàreu	inhalaren
	conditional	inhalaria	inhalaries	inhalaria	inhalaríem	inhalaríeu	inhalarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	inhali	inhalis	inhali	inhalem	inhaleu	inhalin
	imperfect	inhalés	inhalessis	inhalés	inhaléssim	inhaléssiu	inhalessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	inhala	inhali	inhalem	inhaleu	inhalin
	negative (no)	—	no inhalis	no inhali	no inhalem	no inhaleu	no inhalin

Related terms

• inhalació
• inhalador

Further reading

• “inhalar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “inhalar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “inhalar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “inhalar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Alternative forms

• inalar (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Latin inhālō.

Verb

inhalar (first-person singular present inhalo, first-person singular preterite inhalei, past participle inhalado)

1. (transitive) to inhale

   Synonyms: inspirar, aspirar

   Antonym: expirar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inhalar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	inhalar
Personal	inhalar	inhalares	inhalar	inhalarmos	inhalardes	inhalaren
Gerund
	inhalando
Past participle
Masculine	inhalado			inhalados
Feminine	inhalada			inhaladas
Indicative
Present	inhalo	inhalas	inhala	inhalamos	inhalades	inhalan
Imperfect	inhalaba	inhalabas	inhalaba	inhalabamos	inhalabades	inhalaban
Preterite	inhalei	inhalaches	inhalou	inhalamos	inhalastes	inhalaron
Pluperfect	inhalara	inhalaras	inhalara	inhalaramos	inhalarades	inhalaran
Future	inhalarei	inhalarás	inhalará	inhalaremos	inhalaredes	inhalarán
Conditional	inhalaría	inhalarías	inhalaría	inhalariamos	inhalariades	inhalarían
Subjunctive
Present	inhale	inhales	inhale	inhalemos	inhaledes	inhalen
Imperfect	inhalase	inhalases	inhalase	inhalásemos	inhalásedes	inhalasen
Future	inhalar	inhalares	inhalar	inhalarmos	inhalardes	inhalaren
Imperative
Affirmative		inhala	inhale	inhalemos	inhalade	inhalen
Negative (non)		non inhales	non inhale	non inhalemos	non inhaledes	non inhalen

Related terms

• inhalación
• inhalador

Further reading

• “inhalar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Ido

Verb

inhalar (present tense inhalas, past tense inhalis, future tense inhalos, imperative inhalez, conditional inhalus)

1. to inhale

Conjugation

Conjugation of inhalar

		present		past		future
infinitive		inhalar		inhalir		inhalor
tense		inhalas		inhalis		inhalos
conditional		inhalus		—		—
imperative		inhalez		—		—
adjective active participle		inhalanta		inhalinta		inhalonta
adverbial active participle		inhalante		inhalinte		inhalonte
nominal active participle	singular	inhalanto		inhalinto		inhalonto
	plural	inhalanti		inhalinti		inhalonti
adjective passive participle		inhalata		inhalita		inhalota
adverbial passive participle		inhalate		inhalite		inhalote
nominal passive participle	singular	inhalato		inhalito		inhaloto
	plural	inhalati		inhaliti		inhaloti

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin inhālāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inaˈlaɾ/ [i.naˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧ha‧lar

Verb

inhalar (first-person singular present inhalo, first-person singular preterite inhalé, past participle inhalado)

1. to inhale

   Synonym: inspirar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inhalar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			inhalar
gerund			inhalando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		inhalado		inhalada
		plural		inhalados		inhaladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	inhalo	inhalastú inhalásvos	inhala	inhalamos	inhaláis	inhalan
	imperfect	inhalaba	inhalabas	inhalaba	inhalábamos	inhalabais	inhalaban
	preterite	inhalé	inhalaste	inhaló	inhalamos	inhalasteis	inhalaron
	future	inhalaré	inhalarás	inhalará	inhalaremos	inhalaréis	inhalarán
	conditional	inhalaría	inhalarías	inhalaría	inhalaríamos	inhalaríais	inhalarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	inhale	inhalestú inhalésvos2	inhale	inhalemos	inhaléis	inhalen
	imperfect (ra)	inhalara	inhalaras	inhalara	inhaláramos	inhalarais	inhalaran
	imperfect (se)	inhalase	inhalases	inhalase	inhalásemos	inhalaseis	inhalasen
	future1	inhalare	inhalares	inhalare	inhaláremos	inhalareis	inhalaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		inhalatú inhalávos	inhale	inhalemos	inhalad	inhalen
	negative		no inhales	no inhale	no inhalemos	no inhaléis	no inhalen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of inhalar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive inhalar	dative	inhalarme	inhalarte	inhalarle, inhalarse	inhalarnos	inhalaros	inhalarles, inhalarse
	accusative	inhalarme	inhalarte	inhalarlo, inhalarla, inhalarse	inhalarnos	inhalaros	inhalarlos, inhalarlas, inhalarse
with gerund inhalando	dative	inhalándome	inhalándote	inhalándole, inhalándose	inhalándonos	inhalándoos	inhalándoles, inhalándose
	accusative	inhalándome	inhalándote	inhalándolo, inhalándola, inhalándose	inhalándonos	inhalándoos	inhalándolos, inhalándolas, inhalándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative inhala	dative	inhálame	inhálate	inhálale	inhálanos	not used	inhálales
	accusative	inhálame	inhálate	inhálalo, inhálala	inhálanos	not used	inhálalos, inhálalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative inhalá	dative	inhalame	inhalate	inhalale	inhalanos	not used	inhalales
	accusative	inhalame	inhalate	inhalalo, inhalala	inhalanos	not used	inhalalos, inhalalas
with formal second-person singular imperative inhale	dative	inháleme	not used	inhálele, inhálese	inhálenos	not used	inháleles
	accusative	inháleme	not used	inhálelo, inhálela, inhálese	inhálenos	not used	inhálelos, inhálelas
with first-person plural imperative inhalemos	dative	not used	inhalémoste	inhalémosle	inhalémonos	inhalémoos	inhalémosles
	accusative	not used	inhalémoste	inhalémoslo, inhalémosla	inhalémonos	inhalémoos	inhalémoslos, inhalémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative inhalad	dative	inhaladme	not used	inhaladle	inhaladnos	inhalaos	inhaladles
	accusative	inhaladme	not used	inhaladlo, inhaladla	inhaladnos	inhalaos	inhaladlos, inhaladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative inhalen	dative	inhálenme	not used	inhálenle	inhálennos	not used	inhálenles, inhálense
	accusative	inhálenme	not used	inhálenlo, inhálenla	inhálennos	not used	inhálenlos, inhálenlas, inhálense

Related terms

• inhalación
• inhalador

Further reading

• “inhalar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025