escupir

v.

1 to spit out.

escupir a alguien to spit at somebody

le escupió en la cara she spat in his face

las ametralladoras escupían fuego the machine guns were blazing away

2 to spit.

María escupió el bocado Mary spit out the morsel.

El cómplice escupió el secreto The accomplice barked out the secret.

3 to spit on, to spit.

El chico escupió al juez The boy spit on the judge.

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escupir

► verbo intransitivo

1 to spit

■ le escupió en la cara he spat in his face

► verbo transitivo

1 to spit out

■ escupió la papilla he spat out his food

2 figurado (despedir) to belch out

■ la fábrica escupía humo the factory belched out smoke

3 familiar figurado (confesar) to come clean, confess

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verb

to spit

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1.

VI to spit

escupir a algn — to spit at sb

escupir a la cara de algn — to spit in sb's face

escupir en el suelo — to spit on the ground

- ser de medio escupir

2. VT

1) [persona] [+ sangre] to spit; [+ comida] to spit out; [+ palabra] to spit, spit out

2) (=arrojar) [+ llamas] to belch out, spew

3) * (=confesar) to cough *, sing *

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1.

verbo intransitivo to spit

prohibido escupir — no spitting

escupirle a alguien — to spit at somebody

le escupió en la cara — he spat in her face

2.

escupir vt

a) <comida> to spit out; <sangre> to spit, cough up

b) <llamas/lava> to belch out

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= spitting, spit, spit out.

Ex. Focusing on such behaviors as blowing one's nose, spitting, & table manners, the author shows that innovations, eg, the fork & the handkerchief, marked a fundamental shift in the 'threshold features of embarrassment & shame'.

Ex. Three days later, she started to cough up phlegm and spit blood.

Ex. On Crete the locals eat them by the handful and spit out the pits like watermelon seeds.

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1.

verbo intransitivo to spit

prohibido escupir — no spitting

escupirle a alguien — to spit at somebody

le escupió en la cara — he spat in her face

2.

escupir vt

a) <comida> to spit out; <sangre> to spit, cough up

b) <llamas/lava> to belch out

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= spitting, spit, spit out.

Ex: Focusing on such behaviors as blowing one's nose, spitting, & table manners, the author shows that innovations, eg, the fork & the handkerchief, marked a fundamental shift in the 'threshold features of embarrassment & shame'.

Ex: Three days later, she started to cough up phlegm and spit blood.

Ex: On Crete the locals eat them by the handful and spit out the pits like watermelon seeds.

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escupir [I1 ]

vi

to spit

[ S ] prohibido escupir no spitting

escupirle A algn to spit AT sb

le escupió en la cara he spat in her face

■ escupir

vt

‹comida› to spit out; ‹sangre› to spit, spit up

el volcán escupió toneladas de lava tons of lava spewed forth from the volcano, the volcano belched out tons of lava

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escupir (conjugate escupir) verbo intransitivo
to spit;
escupirle a algn to spit at sb;

◊ le escupió en la cara he spat in her face

verbo transitivo

a) ‹comida› to spit out;

‹sangre› to spit, cough up

b) ‹llamas/lava› to belch out

escupir
I verbo intransitivo to spit
II verbo transitivo to spit out
'escupir' also found in these entries:
English:
cough up
- spit

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escupir

♦ vi

to spit;

Comp

Am

escupir para arriba to foul one's own nest

♦ vt

1. [sujeto: persona, animal] to spit out;

¡escúpelo! spit it out!;

escupir sangre to spit blood;

escupir a alguien to spit at sb;

le escupió en la cara she spat in his face

2. [sujeto: volcán] to spew out;

[sujeto: chimenea] to belch out;

las ametralladoras escupían fuego the machine guns were blazing away

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escupir

I v/i spit;

escupir a alguien a o

en la cara spit in s.o.’s face

II v/t spit out;

escupir fuego spew out flames

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escupir v

: to spit

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escupir vb to spit [pt. & pp. spat]