expectorate

Significado (Inglês)

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

Conceitos

expectorar

cuspir

escarrar

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

expectorer

cracher

expectorar

spucken

πτύω

speien

balgam

expectorar

tükürük

φτύνω

αποπτύω

espettorare

ausspucken

spuwen

αποχρέμπτομαι

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɪkˈspɛktəɹeɪt/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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”).