spit

la saliva

escupir

spit(spiht)

noun

1. (sputum)

a. la saliva

(F)

I tried to blow a hair off my screen. Now there's spit next to the hair.

Intenté soplar un pelo para quitarlo de mi pantalla. Ahora hay saliva al lado del pelo.

2. (culinary)

a. el asador

(M)

We enjoyed a delicious lunch of chicken cooked on a spit.

Disfrutamos de un delicioso almuerzo de pollo preparado en un asador.

b. el espetón

(M)

Their speciality is roasted goat on a mesquite spit.

Su especialidad es la cabra asada en un espetón de mezquite.

3. (geography)

a. la lengua

(F)

He lives on the spit of land between Arcata and Eureka, California.

Vive en la lengua de tierra entre Arcata y Eureka, California.

b. el banco

(M)

Nantucket is a tiny spit of sand 26 miles off the coast of Massachusetts.

Nantucket es un pequeño banco de arena a 26 millas de la costa de Massachusetts.

intransitive verb

4. (to expel saliva)

a. escupir (person)

Rodney got mad and spit on Elaine's shoes.

Rodney se enojó y escupió sobre los zapatos de Elaine.

b. bufar (animal)

My cat walked up and then spat on the book I was reading.

Mi gato se acercó y luego bufó sobre el libro que estaba leyendo.

5. (to sizzle)

a. chisporrotear

I cook my bacon in the microwave, since it spits too much in the pan.

Preparo el tocino en el microondas ya que chisporrotea demasiado en la sartén.

transitive verb

6. (to expel from the mouth)

a. escupir

It's not a good sign if you spit blood every time you brush your teeth.

No es una buena señal escupir sangre cada vez que te cepillas los dientes.

impersonal verb

7. (to rain) (United Kingdom)

a. chispear

I saw the sun for about five minutes before it started spitting.

Vi el sol unos cinco minutos antes de que empezara a chispear.

b. caer algunas gotas

It looks like it's about to start spitting.

Parece que van a empezar a caer algunas gotas.

spit

Noun

1. (saliva)

a. la saliva

(F)

2. (colloquial)

(United States)

a.

spit and polishlimpieza f, pulcritud f

transitive verb

3. (general)

a. escupir

intransitive verb

4. (person, cat)

a. escupir

5. (hot fat)

a. saltar

it's spitting (with rain)está chispeando

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spit [spɪt] spat (past)

noun

saliva (f); esputo (m)

a few spits of rain unas gotas de lluvia

spit and polish limpieza (f)

that table needs a bit of spit and polish esa mesa hay que limpiarla

to be the dead spit of sb ser la viva imagen or el vivo retrato de algn

transitive verb

1 [+blood, crumb] escupir

2 (exclaim) espetar; soltar

"traitor!" he spat —¡traidor! —espetó or soltó él; he spat the words escupió las palabras

he practically spat the words

intransitive verb

1 [+person] escupir;at a;on en; [+cat] bufar

to spit in sb's face escupir a la cara a algn; it's spitting with rain (Britain) están cayendo algunas gotas

2 [+fat, fire] chisporrotear

the fish is spitting in the pan chisporrotea el pescado en la sartén

spit [spɪt]

noun

1 (Cookery) asador (m); espetón (m)

2 (Geog) [of land] lengua (f); (sandbank) banco (m) de arena;

transitive verb

espetar

modifier

spit roast (n) asado (m)

spitroast

spit [spɪt]

noun

(Agr) azadada (f)

to dig three spits deep excavar a una profundidad de tres azadadas