cuspidor

English

Etymology

From Portuguese cuspidor (“spitter”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

cuspidor (plural cuspidors)

1. (chiefly US) A spittoon.
   • 1925, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 5, in Arrowsmith, page 40:

     Clif Clawson and he lived in a large room with flowered wall-paper, piles of filthy clothes, iron beds, and cuspidors.

   • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 528:

     Despite the dirty ceiling and the cigarette butts swelling in the cuspidor, they're civilised.

Translations

spittoon — see spittoon

Latin

Verb

cuspidor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of cuspidō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kus.piˈdoʁ/ [kus.piˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kus.piˈdoʁ/ [kus.piˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kus.piˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kuʃ.piˈdoʁ/ [kuʃ.piˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kus.piˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuʃ.piˈdoɾ/ [kuʃ.piˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuʃ.piˈdoɾ/ [kuʃ.piˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuʃ.piˈdo.ɾi/ [kuʃ.piˈðo.ɾi]

Noun

cuspidor m (plural cuspidores, feminine cuspidora, feminine plural cuspidoras)

1. spitter (someone who spits)
2. spittoon (receptacle for spit)

   Synonyms: cuspideira, escarradeira

Related terms

• cuspir

Further reading

• “cuspidor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “cuspidor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025