cuspidor

English

Etymology

From Portuguese cuspidor (“spitter”).

Pronunciation
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Noun

cuspidor (plural cuspidors)

  1. (chiefly US) A spittoon.
    • 1925, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 5, in Arrowsmith, page 40:
      Clif Clawson and he lived in a large room with flowered wall-paper, piles of filthy clothes, iron beds, and cuspidors.
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 528:
      Despite the dirty ceiling and the cigarette butts swelling in the cuspidor, they're civilised.

Translations
spittoon — see spittoon

Latin

Verb

cuspidor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of cuspidō

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kus.piˈdoʁ/ [kus.piˈdoh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kus.piˈdoɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kuʃ.piˈdoʁ/ [kuʃ.piˈdoχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kus.piˈdoɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuʃ.piˈdoɾ/ [kuʃ.piˈðoɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kuʃ.piˈdo.ɾi/ [kuʃ.piˈðo.ɾi]

Noun

cuspidor m (plural cuspidores, feminine cuspidora, feminine plural cuspidoras)

  1. spitter (someone who spits)
  2. spittoon (receptacle for spit)
    Synonyms: cuspideira, escarradeira
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