expectorar
التعريفات والمعاني
== 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/
(transitive) to expectorate (to cough up fluid from the lungs)
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
expectoració
expectorant
=== Further reading ===
“expectorar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
== Portuguese ==
=== Verb ===
expectorar (first-person singular present expectoro, first-person singular preterite expectorei, past participle expectorado)
to expectorate (to cough up fluid from the lungs)
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
expectoração
expectorante
=== Further reading ===
“expectorar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“expectorar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== 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)
(transitive) to expectorate (to cough up fluid from the lungs)
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“expectorar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025