expectorar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin expectorāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [əks.pək.tuˈɾa]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [əks.pək.toˈɾa]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [eks.pek.toˈɾaɾ]

Verb

expectorar (first-person singular present expectoro, first-person singular preterite expectorí, past participle expectorat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

  1. (transitive) to expectorate (to cough up fluid from the lungs)

Conjugation

Further reading

Portuguese

Verb

expectorar (first-person singular present expectoro, first-person singular preterite expectorei, past participle expectorado)

  1. to expectorate (to cough up fluid from the lungs)

Conjugation

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɡspeɡtoˈɾaɾ/ [eɣ̞s.peɣ̞.t̪oˈɾaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ex‧pec‧to‧rar

Verb

expectorar (first-person singular present expectoro, first-person singular preterite expectoré, past participle expectorado)

  1. (transitive) to expectorate (to cough up fluid from the lungs)

Conjugation

Further reading