"hyperventilate" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hyperventilate.wav Forms: hyperventilates [present, singular, third-person], hyperventilating [participle, present], hyperventilated [participle, past], hyperventilated [past]
Etymology: From hyper- + ventilate. Etymology templates: {{af|en|hyper-|ventilate}} hyper- + ventilate Head templates: {{en-verb}} hyperventilate (third-person singular simple present hyperventilates, present participle hyperventilating, simple past and past participle hyperventilated)
  1. (intransitive) To breathe quickly and deeply, especially at an abnormally rapid rate. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: overbreathe Related terms: hyperventilation, hyperventilative, hyperventilator Translations (to breathe quickly and deeply): hiperventilar (Catalan), hyperventilovat [imperfective] (Czech), anheli (Esperanto), hyperventiloida (Finnish), hyperventilieren (German), התנשם (Hebrew), hiperventilar (Spanish), hyperventilera (Swedish)

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