inspire

inspirar

Dar ideas a alguien o despertar sus ganas de crear o hacer algo.

En inglés sencillo: To give someone ideas or make them want to create or do something.

• Your story could inspire others.
• The mountains inspired her latest painting.
• Who inspired you to become a teacher?

Cómo se usa: inspire someone to do something (Her teacher inspired her to write poetry.); be inspired by someone/something (The painting was inspired by a childhood memory.)

Sinónimos: motivate, stimulate

Antónimos: discourage

Expresiones frecuentes: inspire someone, inspire a story, inspire someone’s work

inspirar, infundir

Despertar en alguien un sentimiento intenso o muchas ganas de actuar.

En inglés sencillo: To fill someone with a strong feeling or desire to act.

• Her courage inspired us all.
• The speech inspired the crowd with hope.
• Does his leadership inspire confidence?

Cómo se usa: inspire someone with something (The coach inspired her team with confidence.); inspire something in someone (Her calm voice inspired trust in us.)

Sinónimos: encourage, uplift

Antónimos: dishearten

Expresiones frecuentes: inspire confidence, inspire someone with something, inspire trust

inspirar

Dar a alguien pensamientos o palabras que se cree que proceden de Dios o de otra divinidad.

En inglés sencillo: To give someone thoughts or words believed to come from God or another god.

• They believe God inspired the writer.
• The prophet claimed that a spirit had inspired him.
• Her prayer asks God to inspire her words.

Cómo se usa: be inspired by God (They believe these words were inspired by God.)

Expresiones frecuentes: inspire a prophet, divinely inspire someone

infundir, inspirar

Hacer surgir un pensamiento o sentimiento en alguien, especialmente mediante una influencia espiritual.

En inglés sencillo: To put a thought or feeling into someone’s mind, especially through a spiritual influence.

• The vision inspired faith in her heart.
• They believed the spirit inspired this thought.
• His prayer inspired a sense of peace in them.

Cómo se usa: inspire something in someone (The vision inspired hope in the weary travelers.)

Sinónimos: instill, impart

Expresiones frecuentes: inspire hope, inspire a thought, inspire faith

inspirar, inhalar

Hacer entrar aire en los pulmones.

En inglés sencillo: To take air into your lungs.

• The patient was unable to inspire deeply.
• As you inspire, your chest expands.
• The mask warms the air you inspire.

Sinónimos: inhale, breathe in

Antónimos: expire, exhale

Expresiones frecuentes: inspire air, inspire deeply