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spuo (vai alla coniugazione) terza coniugazione (paradigma: spuō, spuis, spui, sputum, spuĕre)
- (anche assoluto o intransitivo) sputare, espellere dalla bocca (in senso letterale o figurato)
- spŭ | o
- (pronuncia classica) IPA: /ˈspu.oː/
- (pronuncia ecclesiastica) IPA: /ˈspu.o/
dalla radice proto-italica *spu-je/o-, discendente della radice proto-indoeuropea *stpuH-ie-; etimologicamente correlato al greco antico πτύω (ptúō); al sanscrito ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhīvati); all'anglosassone spiwan (da cui il moderno inglese to spew)
- discendenti in altre lingue
- (si vedano anche i discendenti del frequentativo sputo)