exalar

Learned borrowing from Latin exhālāre (“to breath out”).

• Hyphenation: e‧xa‧lar

exalar (first-person singular present exalo, first-person singular preterite exalei, past participle exalado)

1. (transitive, sometimes takes a reflexive pronoun) to give off a smell

   Synonyms: emanar, emitir, soltar

   Essa flor exala um forte aroma.

   This flower gives off a strong aroma.

2. (figurative, transitive) to ooze; to exude (to display an emotion blatantly)

   Synonym: exuberar

   Ela exalava alegria o dia inteiro.

   She was oozing joy the whole day.

3. (figurative, transitive) to let out an audible expression (such as a sigh, complaint, shout or snore)

   Synonyms: dar, soltar

4. (chiefly in translated works, intransitive) to exhale (to breathe out)

   Synonym: expirar

5. (chiefly in translated works, transitive) to exhale (to expel from the lungs)

   Synonym: soltar

• exhalar (obsolete)

• inalar
• inspirar

• “exalar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.