aspirar
/aspiˈɾaɾ/ · B2 · verb
to vacuum
🌬️🧹 as-pirar: Latin ad + spirare (to breathe) = breathe toward, to inhale
Same root as spirit and respiration. You breathe air toward yourself (inhale), a vacuum pulls air in the same way, and to aspire is to breathe toward a goal you long to reach.