piangeva e sospirava per il dolore

1. v/i sigh

2. v/t long for

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sospirare v. intr.

1 to sigh: lo udii sospirare nel sonno, I heard him sigh in his sleep; perché sospiri?, why are you sighing? // sospirare di sollievo, to sigh with relief: sospirai di sollievo alla notizia, I sighed with relief at the news // sospirare per il dolore, to sigh with grief: piangeva e sospirava per il dolore, she sighed and wept with grief

2 (fig.) ( struggersi) to pine, to sigh, to grieve: sospirare per qlcu., qlco., to pine (o to sigh) for s.o., sthg.; da anni sospira per lui, she has been pining for him for years; sospira per il figlio perduto, she grieves for her lost child // far sospirare qlcu., to make s.o. suffer: il figlio l'ha fatto tanto sospirare, his son has caused him so much suffering

◆ v.tr. to long for (sthg.), to pine for (s.o., sthg.), to sigh for (s.o., sthg.), to crave for (sthg.), to yearn for (sthg.): sospirare la patria, to long (o to pine o to yearn) for one's native land; sospirare il ritorno di qlcu., to long for s.o.'s return; sospirare le vacanze, to long (o to crave) for holdays // far sospirare qlco. a qlcu., (far attendere qlco. a qlcu.) to keep s.o. waiting for sthg.: mi ha fatto sospirare a lungo la risposta, he kept me waiting for an answer a long time; ti ha fatto sospirare i soldi, he kept you waiting a long time for the money // farsi sospirare, to keep s.o. waiting (a long time): ti sei fatto sospirare!, you have kept us waiting a long time!

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1. vi

(aus avere) to sigh

2. vt

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verbo intransitivo (aus. avere) to sigh

verbo transitivo (desiderare) to long for, to look forward to, to yearn for [ vacanze]

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sospirare

/sospi'rare/ [1]

I verbo intransitivo

 (aus. avere) to sigh; sospirare di sollievo to sigh with relief

II verbo transitivo

  (desiderare) to long for, to look forward to, to yearn for [ vacanze]; farsi sospirare to keep sb. waiting.