expire

caducar, vencer

Llegar a la fecha límite y dejar de ser válido o estar disponible.

En inglés sencillo: To reach an end date and no longer be valid or available.

• My passport expires next month.
• The offer expired yesterday.
• When does your parking ticket expire?

Sinónimos: end, run out, lapse

Expresiones frecuentes: expire next month, expire in June

caducar, vencer

Pasar la fecha hasta la que debe usarse un alimento o un medicamento.

En inglés sencillo: For food or medicine, to pass the date by which it should be used.

• This milk expires tomorrow.
• The tablets expired last year.
• Check whether the yoghurt has expired.

Sinónimos: go out of date

Expresiones frecuentes: expire this week, expire in May

fallecer, expirar

Dejar de vivir.

En inglés sencillo: To die.

• The patient expired during the night.
• He expired peacefully with his family beside him.
• Several injured prisoners expired before help arrived.

Sinónimos: die, pass away

Expresiones frecuentes: expire peacefully, expire suddenly

espirar, exhalar

Sacar el aire de los pulmones al respirar.

En inglés sencillo: To push air out of your lungs when breathing.

• Inspire deeply, then expire slowly.
• The patient expired air through a tube.
• Measure the volume of air expired during each breath.

Sinónimos: breathe out, exhale

Antónimos: inhale, inspire

Expresiones frecuentes: expire slowly, expire air