expectorate

Significado (Inglés)

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

Conceptos

expectorar

despejar

escupir

esputar

sacar

Sinónimos

spit

spit out

cough up

eject

spit up

spit at

cough out

clear out

cough

drive out

spew

spout

sputter

disgorge

eject saliva from the mouth

Traducciones

expectorer

cracher

expectorar

spucken

cuspir

speien

πτύω

ausspucken

expectorar

balgam

αποπτύω

φτύνω

espettorare

spuwen

tükürük

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɪkˈspɛktəɹeɪt/

Etimología (Inglés)

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”).