expectoro

Catalan

Verb

expectoro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of expectorar

Latin

Etymology

ex- +‎ pectus (“chest; mind, spirit”)

Pronunciation

Verb

expectorō (present infinitive expectorāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

  1. (transitive) to banish from one's mind
  2. (post-Classical) to clear from one's chest, lungs

Usage notes

The sense "banish from one's mind" was seen as archaic by Classical grammarians. The word was likely formed anew, with a more literal meaning, by Renaissance medical writers.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of expectorō (first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present expectorō expectorās expectorat expectorāmus expectorātis expectorant
imperfect expectorābam expectorābās expectorābat expectorābāmus expectorābātis expectorābant
future expectorābō expectorābis expectorābit expectorābimus expectorābitis expectorābunt
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present expectorem expectorēs expectoret expectorēmus expectorētis expectorent
imperfect expectorārem expectorārēs expectorāret expectorārēmus expectorārētis expectorārent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — expectorā — — expectorāte —
future — expectorātō expectorātō — expectorātōte expectorantō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present expectorāre — expectorāns —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
expectorandī expectorandō expectorandum expectorandō — —

Descendants

  • Sicilian: spitturari (“bare one's chest”)
  • → Catalan: expectorar (learned)
  • → English: expectorate
  • → French: expectorer (learned)
  • → Portuguese: expectorar (learned)
  • → Spanish: expectorar (learned)

References

  • “expectoro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “expectoro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Verb

expectoro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of expectorar

Spanish

Verb

expectoro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of expectorar
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