espirrar

• esbilrar, esbirrar, espurrar

Perhaps from Latin aspergere (“to sprinkle”) rather than from Latin exspirare (“to exhale”). Compare Asturian espurrir.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /espiˈraɾ/

espirrar (first-person singular present espirro, first-person singular preterite espirrei, past participle espirrado)

1. sneeze (Alternative form of esbirrar)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “espirrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “espirrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “espirrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “espirrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• espilrar

Inherited from Latin expīrāre (“to exhale, to die”), alternative form of exspīrō. Doublet of expirar.

• Hyphenation: es‧pir‧rar

espirrar (first-person singular present espirro, first-person singular preterite espirrei, past participle espirrado)

1. to sneeze
2. to squirt

   Synonym: esguichar