espirrar

Galician

Alternative forms

• esbilrar, esbirrar, espurrar

Etymology

Perhaps from Latin aspergere (“to sprinkle”) rather than from Latin exspirare (“to exhale”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /espiˈraɾ/

Verb

1. sneeze (Alternative form of esbirrar)

References

• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “espirrar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin expirare, present active infinitive of expīrō (“I exhale, I die”), alternative form of exspīrō. Cognate of expirar (“to die, to expire, to exhale”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iʃ.piˈʁaɾ/
• IPA^(key): /is.piˈʁa(ɾ)/

Verb

1. to sneeze