hyperventilate

English

Etymology

hyper- +‎ ventilate

Verb

hyperventilate (third-person singular simple present hyperventilates, present participle hyperventilating, simple past and past participle hyperventilated)

(intransitive) To breathe quickly and deeply, especially at an abnormally rapid rate.

Synonyms

overbreathe

Related terms

Translations

to breathe quickly and deeply

Catalan: hiperventilar (ca)
Esperanto: anheli (eo)
Finnish: hyperventiloida
German: hyperventilieren

Hebrew: התנשם‎
Spanish: hiperventilar (es)
Swedish: hyperventilera (sv)

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