English → Latin
“transpire” in Latin
hālōto breathe; to emit, exhale, release (gas or fragrance); to be fragrantspīrōto breathe, draw breath, respire; to blow, breathe, burst forth; to breathe out, exhale, emitēvapōrōto evaporatefaciōto do (particularly as a specific instance or occasion of doing); to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect; to mēveniōto happen, occur; to come forth; to happen to, befall (someone)ēmānōto flow out; arise or emanate (from); to become knownefferōto bring, bear, carry, take out, forth, away; transport; to carry out (of the house) for burial, bear to the grave, buryforāsoutside, outdoors (destination)
The English word transpire itself goes back to Latin spīrō, through transpirare.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
transpire
PROP., halare: spirare: evaporari (Gell.).
Figuratively = To come to pass, fieri, evenire.
To escape (of secrets, etc.), exire in turbam or in vulgus; emanare (in vulgus). (The words are found in this connection and order.) exire atque in vulgus emanare; efferri (foras, in vulgus); effluere et ad aures hominum permanare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for transpire?
- The usual Latin words for “transpire” are hālō, spīrō, ēvapōrō; also faciō, ēveniō, ēmānō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.