sputacchiare

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to spit often or continuously (e.g. when smoking a cigar)
  2. (intransitive) to sputter
  3. (transitive) to spit on (someone)

Synonyms

Hyphenated as
spu‧tac‧chià‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/spu.takˈkja.re/
Etymology

From sputare (“to spit”) + -acchiare (verbal derivational suffix).

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