expectorate

== English == === Etymology === From Latin expectorātus, past participle of expectorō (“(only figurative) banish from the mind; (post-classical) expel from the breast)”), from ex (“out of”) + pectus (“the breast”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪkˈspɛktəɹeɪt/ === Verb === expectorate (third-person singular simple present expectorates, present participle expectorating, simple past and past participle expectorated) (ambitransitive) To cough up fluid from the lungs. (ambitransitive) To spit. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== expectorant expectoration ==== Translations ==== === See also === sputum === Further reading === “expectorate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “expectorate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “expectorate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Spanish == === Verb === expectorate second-person singular voseo imperative of expectorar combined with te