expire

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪkˈspaɪər/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɪkˈspaɪr/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ik spīər′)

Inflections of 'expire' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
expires
v 3rd person singular
expiring
v pres p
expired
v past
expired
v past p
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Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
expire⇒ vi (offer: cease to be valid)expirar⇒ vi
  caducar⇒ vi
  vencer⇒ vi
 The coupon expired a long time ago, so the store manager refused to accept it.
 El vale expiró hace mucho tiempo, así que el encargado de la tienda se negó a aceptarlo.
expire vi (food's use-by date: pass)caducar⇒ vi
  (AmL)vencerse⇒ v prnl
 The milk was about to expire, so Tom used it up.
 La leche estaba a punto de caducar, así que Tom la terminó.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
expire vi literary (die)morir⇒ vi
  expirar⇒ vi
  fallecer⇒ vi
 The hero expired dramatically at the end of the story.
 El héroe murió dramáticamente al final del relato.
expire vi formal (technical: exhale)exhalar⇒ vi
 Most people inspire and expire around fourteen times a minute.
 La mayoría de las personas inhalan y exhalan alrededor de catorce veces por minuto.
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'expire' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
lapsable - lapse - time out
Spanish:
caducar - cerrar un plazo - cumplir - prescribir - vencer - fenecer - concluir - expirar - agonizar - chupar faros - extinguir

Collocations: expires in [January, 2015], expires on [June 26], expires at [5:00 PM], more...

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