expectorate

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

espettorare

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

expectorer

cracher

expectorar

spucken

expectorar

πτύω

cuspir

speien

ausspucken

αποπτύω

expectorar

balgam

φτύνω

spuwen

tükürük

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɪkˈspɛktəɹeɪt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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”).