schnaufen

v/i breathe hard; pfeifend: wheeze; (keuchen) (puff and) pant; umg. (atmen) breathe; umg., Auto etc.: chug (along); wir sind ganz schön ins Schnaufen gekommen we were really puffing and panting (Am. huffing and puffing)

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to wheeze

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schnau|fen ['ʃnaufn]

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1) (= schwer atmen) to wheeze; (= keuchen) to puff, to pant; (fig) (Lokomotive) to puff; (inf Auto) to struggle

2) (esp S Ger = atmen) to breathe

3) aux sein (= sich keuchend bewegen) (Auto) to struggle; (Lokomotive) to puff

ich bin in den fünften Stock geschnauft (inf) — I went puffing and panting up to the fifth floor

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(to breathe quickly, after running etc: He was puffing as he climbed the stairs.) puff

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schnau·fen

[ˈʃnaufn̩]

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1. Hilfsverb: haben (angestrengt atmen) to puff [or pant

2. Hilfsverb: haben bes SÜDD (atmen) to breathe

3. Hilfsverb: sein (fam: sich keuchend bewegen)

▪ [irgendwohin] \schnaufen to puff [somewhere]

schwer beladen schnaufte sie den Gang entlang heavily laden, she puffed along the corridor

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intransitives Verb puff, pant (vor with); (fig.) <steam locomotive> puff, chuff

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schnaufen v/i breathe hard; pfeifend: wheeze; (keuchen) (puff and) pant; umg (atmen) breathe; umg, Auto etc: chug (along);

wir sind ganz schön ins Schnaufen gekommen we were really puffing and panting (US huffing and puffing)

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intransitives Verb puff, pant (vor with); (fig.) <steam locomotive> puff, chuff

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v.

to blow v.

(§ p.,p.p.: blew, blown)

to wheeze v.