expectorar
Spanish, verb/eɡspeɡtoˈɾaɾ/
expectorar is spelled E-X-P-E-C-T-O-R-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish, the 260,274th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Expectorar is a Spanish verb meaning “to expectorate (to cough up fluid from the lungs)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Arrancar y arrojar por la boca las flemas y secreciones que se depositan en la faringe, la laringe, la…”.
What does expectorar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to expectorate (to cough up fluid from the lungs)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Arrancar y arrojar por la boca las flemas y secreciones que se depositan en la faringe, la laringe, la tráquea o los bronquios.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of expectorar
- expectoro first-person present singular
- expectoré first-person preterite singular
- expectorado participle past
- expectorando gerund
- expectorada feminine participle past
- expectorados masculine participle past
- expectoradas feminine participle past
- expectoras indicative informal present
- expectorás indicative informal present
- expectora indicative present singular
- expectoramos first-person indicative plural
- expectoráis indicative plural present
- expectoran indicative plural present
- expectoraba first-person imperfect indicative
- expectorabas imperfect indicative second-person
- expectorábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- expectorabais imperfect indicative plural
- expectoraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce expectorar?
- /eɡspeɡtoˈɾaɾ/
- [eɣ̞s.peɣ̞.t̪oˈɾaɾ]
- [ekspekt̪oˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to expectorar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is expectorar in Spanish?
expectorar appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).