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expectorar

Portuguese, verb

expectorar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to expectorate (to cough up fluid from the lungs)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “expelir ou soltar do peito; escarrar”.

What does expectorar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to expectorate (to cough up fluid from the lungs)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. expelir ou soltar do peito; escarrar

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of expectorar

  • expectoro first-person present singular
  • expectorei first-person preterite singular
  • expectorado participle past
  • expectorares infinitive second-person singular
  • expectorarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • expectorardes infinitive plural second-person
  • expectorarem infinitive plural third-person
  • expectorando gerund
  • expectorados masculine participle past
  • expectorada feminine participle past
  • expectoradas feminine participle past
  • expectoras indicative present second-person
  • expectora indicative present singular
  • expectoramos first-person indicative plural
  • expectorais indicative plural present
  • expectoram indicative plural present
  • expectorava first-person imperfect indicative
  • expectoravas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to expectorar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.