expectorate

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• /ɪkˈspɛktəɹeɪt/
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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”).

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: խորխել (xorxel) — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Bashkir: ҡаҡырыу (qaqırıw) — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Bulgarian: изкашлям (izkašljam) — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Bulgarian: изхрачвам (izhračvam) — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Catalan: expectorar — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Czech: vykašlat — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Finnish: yskiä — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• French: expectorer — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Galician: expectorar — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Galician: esgarrar — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Hungarian: felköhög — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Hungarian: felkrákog — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Hungarian: kiköhög — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Icelandic: hósta — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Icelandic: hósta upp — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Italian: espettorare — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Macedonian: иска́шлува (iskášluva) — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Polish: odpluwać — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Polish: odplunąć — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Polish: wykrztuszać — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Polish: wykrztusić — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Polish: odkasływać — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Polish: odkasłać — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Portuguese: expectorar — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Russian: ха́ркать (xárkatʹ) — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Russian: ха́ркнуть (xárknutʹ) — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Russian: отха́ркивать (otxárkivatʹ) — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Russian: отка́шливать (otkášlivatʹ) — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Spanish: expectorar — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Turkish: balgam atmak — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Vietnamese: khạc đờm — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Vietnamese: khạc — to cough up fluid from the lungs
• Vietnamese: nhổ — to cough up fluid from the lungs