expectorar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin expectorāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əks.pək.tuˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əks.pək.toˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eks.pek.toˈɾaɾ]

Verb

expectorar (first-person singular present expectoro, first-person singular preterite expectorí, past participle expectorat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to expectorate (to cough up fluid from the lungs)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of expectorar (first conjugation)

infinitive			expectorar
gerund			expectorant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		expectorat		expectorada
		plural		expectorats		expectorades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	expectoro	expectores	expectora	expectorem	expectoreu	expectoren
	imperfect	expectorava	expectoraves	expectorava	expectoràvem	expectoràveu	expectoraven
	future	expectoraré	expectoraràs	expectorarà	expectorarem	expectorareu	expectoraran
	preterite	expectorí	expectorares	expectorà	expectoràrem	expectoràreu	expectoraren
	conditional	expectoraria	expectoraries	expectoraria	expectoraríem	expectoraríeu	expectorarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	expectori	expectoris	expectori	expectorem	expectoreu	expectorin
	imperfect	expectorés	expectoressis	expectorés	expectoréssim	expectoréssiu	expectoressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	expectora	expectori	expectorem	expectoreu	expectorin
	negative (no)	—	no expectoris	no expectori	no expectorem	no expectoreu	no expectorin

Related terms

• expectoració
• expectorant

Further reading

• “expectorar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Portuguese

Verb

expectorar (first-person singular present expectoro, first-person singular preterite expectorei, past participle expectorado)

1. to expectorate (to cough up fluid from the lungs)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of expectorar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	expectorar
Personal	expectorar	expectorares	expectorar	expectorarmos	expectorardes	expectorarem
Gerund
	expectorando
Past participle
Masculine	expectorado			expectorados
Feminine	expectorada			expectoradas
Indicative
Present	expectoro	expectoras	expectora	expectoramos	expectorais	expectoram
Imperfect	expectorava	expectoravas	expectorava	expectorávamos	expectoráveis	expectoravam
Preterite	expectorei	expectoraste	expectorou	expectoramos1, expectorámos2	expectorastes	expectoraram
Pluperfect	expectorara	expectoraras	expectorara	expectoráramos	expectoráreis	expectoraram
Future	expectorarei	expectorarás	expectorará	expectoraremos	expectorareis	expectorarão
Conditional	expectoraria	expectorarias	expectoraria	expectoraríamos	expectoraríeis	expectorariam
Subjunctive
Present	expectore	expectores	expectore	expectoremos	expectoreis	expectorem
Imperfect	expectorasse	expectorasses	expectorasse	expectorássemos	expectorásseis	expectorassem
Future	expectorar	expectorares	expectorar	expectorarmos	expectorardes	expectorarem
Imperative
Affirmative		expectora	expectore	expectoremos	expectorai	expectorem
Negative (não)		não expectores	não expectore	não expectoremos	não expectoreis	não expectorem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• expectoração
• expectorante

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡspeɡtoˈɾaɾ/ [eɣ̞s.peɣ̞.t̪oˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ex‧pec‧to‧rar

Verb

expectorar (first-person singular present expectoro, first-person singular preterite expectoré, past participle expectorado)

1. (transitive) to expectorate (to cough up fluid from the lungs)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of expectorar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			expectorar
gerund			expectorando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		expectorado		expectorada
		plural		expectorados		expectoradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	expectoro	expectorastú expectorásvos	expectora	expectoramos	expectoráis	expectoran
	imperfect	expectoraba	expectorabas	expectoraba	expectorábamos	expectorabais	expectoraban
	preterite	expectoré	expectoraste	expectoró	expectoramos	expectorasteis	expectoraron
	future	expectoraré	expectorarás	expectorará	expectoraremos	expectoraréis	expectorarán
	conditional	expectoraría	expectorarías	expectoraría	expectoraríamos	expectoraríais	expectorarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	expectore	expectorestú expectorésvos2	expectore	expectoremos	expectoréis	expectoren
	imperfect (ra)	expectorara	expectoraras	expectorara	expectoráramos	expectorarais	expectoraran
	imperfect (se)	expectorase	expectorases	expectorase	expectorásemos	expectoraseis	expectorasen
	future1	expectorare	expectorares	expectorare	expectoráremos	expectorareis	expectoraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		expectoratú expectorávos	expectore	expectoremos	expectorad	expectoren
	negative		no expectores	no expectore	no expectoremos	no expectoréis	no expectoren

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• expectoración
• expectorante

Further reading

• “expectorar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024