See expectorate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
"word": "ха́ркать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "xárknutʹ",
"sense": "to cough up fluid from the lungs",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ха́ркнуть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "otxárkivatʹ",
"sense": "to cough up fluid from the lungs",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отха́ркивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "otkášlivatʹ",
"sense": "to cough up fluid from the lungs",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отка́шливать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to cough up fluid from the lungs",
"word": "expectorar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "to cough up fluid from the lungs",
"word": "balgam atmak"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "to cough up fluid from the lungs",
"word": "khạc đờm"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "to cough up fluid from the lungs",
"word": "khạc"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "to cough up fluid from the lungs",
"word": "nhổ"
}
],
"word": "expectorate"
}
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