English [ edit ] clear one's throat third-person singular simple present clears one's throat present participle clearing one's throat simple past and past participle cleared one's throat
Forcibly, sometimes mutedly , expelling air from one's lungs , sometimes to clear mucus , sometimes to attract attention to something; less vigorous than coughing . Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs
Arabic: تَنَحْنَحَ ( tanaḥnaḥa )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 清嗓子 ( qīngsǎngzi )
Czech: odkašlat si pf odkašlávat si impf
Danish: rømme
Finnish: rykiä (fi) , kakoa (fi) , kakistella (fi)
French: se racler la gorge (fr)
German: sich räuspern (de)
Hungarian: köszörüli a torkát (hu) , megköszörüli a torkát
Icelandic: ræskja sig
Italian: raschiare (it)
Latin: screō cōnscreor
Maori: wharo whawharo wharowharo
Norman: râqu'ter
Norwegian: kremte rømme (no)
Plautdietsch: kjrechen
Polish: odchrząkiwać impf odchrząknąć (pl) pf
Russian: прочищать горло ( pročiščatʹ gorlo )
Slovak: odkašlať si pf
Spanish: carraspear (es) , aclararse la voz destoserse (es)
Swedish: harkla (sv)
Vietnamese: tằng hắng (vi) , đằng hắng dặng hắng hắng giọng
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