expectorate

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (ambitransitive) To cough up fluid from the lungs.
  2. (ambitransitive) To spit.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ɪkˈspɛktəɹeɪt/
Etimologie (Engels)

From Latin expectorātus, past participle of expectorō (“(only figurative) banish from the mind; (post-classical) expel from the breast)”), from ex (“out of”) + pectus (“the breast”).

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