esputar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Learned borrowing from Latin spūtāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

esputar (first-person singular present esputo, first-person singular preterite esputí, past participle esputat)

1. (transitive) to expectorate, to spit out

   Synonym: expectorar

Conjugation

Derived terms

• esputació

Related terms

• esput

Further reading

• “esputar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spūtāre, present active infinitive of spūtō (“I spit out”), frequentative of spuō (“I spit”).

Verb

esputar (first-person singular present esputo, first-person singular preterite esputei, past participle esputado)

1. to expectorate
2. to spit

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spūtāre (“to spit out”), frequentative of spuō (“to spit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /espuˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧pu‧tar

Verb

esputar (first-person singular present esputo, first-person singular preterite esputé, past participle esputado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to expectorate
2. (transitive, intransitive) to spit

Conjugation

Further reading

• “esputar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014