spew
Significado (English)
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- To eject forcibly and in a stream,
- To be forcibly ejected.
- To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading.
- To be written or spoken voluminously.
- (informal) To vomit.
- To ejaculate.
- To develop a white powder or dark crystals on the surface of finished leather, as a result from improper tanning.
Conceptos
Synonyms
spue
spew out
vomit up
belch out
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/spjuː/
Etimología (English)
In summary
From Middle English spewen, from Old English spīwan, from Proto-West Germanic *spīwan, from Proto-Germanic *spīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptyēw- (“to spit, vomit”). Germanic cognates include English spit, West Frisian spije, Dutch spuwen, Low German speen, spiien, German speien (“to spew, spit, vomit”), Swedish spy, Danish spy, Faroese spýggja, Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (speiwan). Also cognate, through Indo-European, with Latin spuō (“spit”, verb), Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō, “spit, vomit”), Albanian fyt (“throat”), Armenian թուք (tʻukʻ), Russian плева́ть (plevátʹ), Persian تف (tof), Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhī́vati).
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