sápa (dih) breath; exhalation; (veter) wind
 brez sápe breathless
 iz sápe out of breath
 sápo jemajoč breathcatching, breathtaking
 v isti sápi (hkrati) in the same breath
 izgubiti sápo, biti ob sápo, priti ob sápo to lose one's wind, to have lost one's wind, to get short of breath
 priti spet do sápe to recover one's breath, to recover one's wind, to get one's second wind
 vzelo mu je sápo (figurativno) he had the wind knocked out of him
 sápo vzeti, jemati to take someone's breath away, to stop someone's breath
 sápo loviti to catch one's breath, to gasp (ali to pant) for breath
 pusti me, da pridem do sápe! will you give me time to breathe?
 ne pridem do sápe (figurativno, do oddiha) I have not a moment's leisure
 zadrž(ev)ati sápo to hold (ali to bate, to catch) one's breath
 ob tem mi zastane sápa (figurativno) that knocks the breath out of me
 zapreti komu sápo (figurativno, osupiti) to dumbfound someone