How to Say "Breathing Air" in Spanish

aire para respirar

/aiɾe paɾa ɾespiɾaɾ/from spelling rules

In Spanish, breathing air is translated as aire para respirar.

The phrase refers to air that is available for a person or animal to inhale.

How does it change in a sentence?

The phrase uses the infinitive respirar to function as an adjective describing the purpose of the air.

/aiɾe paɾa ɾespiɾaɾ/

In some contexts, aire refers to a musical tune or a traditional folk melody.
In Spanish, the word aire can be used to describe a person's demeanor or a physical resemblance between two people.
The word aire comes from the Latin āēr, which was borrowed from the Ancient Greek word ἀήρ.

Yo respiro aire.
I breathe air.
Tú respiras aire.
You breathe air.
Él/Ella/Usted respira aire.
He/She/You (formal) breathe(s) air.
Nosotros/Nosotras respiramos aire.
We breathe air.
Vosotros/Vosotras respiráis aire.
You all (informal) breathe air.
Necesitamos aire para respirar en la montaña.
We need air to breathe in the mountains.
El buzo busca aire para respirar.
The diver is looking for air to breathe.
Es vital tener aire para respirar en el espacio.
It is vital to have air to breathe in space.

Lucía and Alejandro are hiking in a very thin atmosphere.

Lucía

Siento que me falta el aire para respirar.
I feel like I am lacking air to breathe.
Alejandro

Es la altura, Lucía, descansa un poco.
It's the altitude, Lucía, rest a little.
Lucía

Necesito aire para respirar con calma.
I need air to breathe calmly.
Alejandro

Ya casi llegamos a la base.
We are almost at the base.

Sources

IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
Word origins: Wiktionary entries aire, para, respirar, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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