expectorate

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

expectorer

cracher

jeter

vomir

Synonymes

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

Traductions

expectorar

spucken

expectorar

cuspir

πτύω

speien

balgam

expectorar

tükürük

φτύνω

αποπτύω

spuwen

ausspucken

espettorare

αποχρέμπτομαι

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪkˈspɛktəɹeɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).