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expectorating

/ɪkˈspɛktəreɪtɪŋ/

/ɪkˈspɛktəˌreɪtɪŋ/

Translations

expectorateverb

expectorating

Gerund

expectorated

Past Simple

expectorated

Past Participle

expectorating

Gerund

/ɪkˈspɛktəreɪt/

/ɪkˈspɛktəˌreɪt/

expectorerTerme médical, pour évacuer des sécrétions bronchiques en toussant ou en se raclant la gorge.

The doctor advised him to expectorate the mucus to clear his airways.

Le médecin lui a conseillé d’expectorer le mucus pour dégager ses voies respiratoires.

Additional translations

cracherSens général, souvent avec idée de rejet forcé de salive ou de liquide.

Synonyms

cough up

bring up

expectorateverb

To eject or expel matter, such as phlegm, from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting.

The doctor advised him to expectorate the mucus to clear his airways.

To spit, especially forcefully; to discharge saliva from the mouth.

He stepped outside to expectorate onto the pavement.