escupir

Meaning

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to spit, to spit out (evacuate saliva or another substance from the mouth)
  2. to cough up

Synonyms

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
es‧cu‧pir
Pronounced as (IPA)
/eskuˈpiɾ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Late Latin *excōnspuere, from Latin cōnspuō (whence English cuspidor).

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