B1verb · transitive · common

inspire

inspire · inspires · inspired · inspiring

надихати, надихнути, вселити, вселяти

вдохновить, вдохновлять, внушить, внушать

inspirieren, einhauchen, beatmen

To infuse into the mindTo infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.

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UK/ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/US/ɪnˈspaɪɹ/

» What inspired you to do that?

Что тебя вдохновило на то, чтобы это сделать?

Что вас вдохновило на то, чтобы это сделать?

Что тебя на это сподвигло?

Что вас на это сподвигло?

Що надихнуло тебе на те, щоб це зробити?

Meaning

6 senses

(transitive)To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
inspirieren
внуша́тьvnušátʹ, внуши́тьvnušítʹ, вдохновля́тьvdoxnovljátʹ
вселя́тиvseljáty, всели́тиvselýty, наві́юватиnavíjuvaty
(transitive)To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.
Elders should inspire children with sentiments of virtue.
The captain's speech was aimed to inspire her team to victory in the final.
inspirieren
вдохновля́тьvdoxnovljátʹ, вдохнови́тьvdoxnovítʹ, воодушевля́тьvooduševljátʹ
надиха́тиnadyxáty, надихну́тиnadyxnúty
(ambitransitive)To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
draw in (air)
To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
beatmen, einhauchen
вдыха́тьvdyxátʹ, вдохну́тьvdoxnútʹ
вдиха́тиvdyxáty, вдихну́тиvdyxnúty
(transitive)To spread rumour indirectly.
(archaic, transitive)To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

Examples

376 sentences

What inspired you to do that?
Що надихнуло тебе на те, щоб це зробити?
ruЧто тебя вдохновило на то, чтобы это сделать?
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What inspired Tom to do that?
Що надихнуло Тома це зробити?
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Tom inspired us to do that.
Том надихнув нас на це.
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Tom inspired me to do that.
Том надихнув мене на це.
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I wonder what inspired Tom to write that song.
Цікаво, що надихнуло Тома написати цю пісню?
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit:

to infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing:

Русский

By meaning 3

to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit:

to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence:

to infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit:

to infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing:

Origin

From Middle English inspiren, enspiren, from Old French inspirer, variant of espirer, from

From Middle English inspiren, enspiren, from Old French inspirer, variant of espirer, from Latin īnspīrāre (“inspire”), itself a loan-translation of Biblical Ancient Greek πνέω (pnéō, “breathe”), from in + spīrō (“breathe”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow, breathe”). Displaced native Old English onbryrdan (literally “to prick in”).

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