aliento 

noun 

1. Breath. (m) 

2. Vigor of mind, spirit, manfulness, courageousness. (m) 

 

Yo fuí allá de un aliento -> I went thither in a whiff, without drawing breath 

 

bocanada 

noun 

1. A mouthful of liquor. (f) 

2. Whiff, puff of smoke. (f) 

 

Bocanada de gente -> mob, a rout 

Bocanada de viento -> sudden blast of wind 

Echar bocanadas -> to boast of one's valor, noble birth, etc. Echar bocanadas de sangre, 1. To throw up mouthfuls of blood. 2. To vaunt of noble blood.