cuspir

From Latin conspuō.

cuspir (first-person singular indicative present cuspo, past participle cuspíu)

1. to spit

   Nun cuspáis nel suelu que tengolo ñidiáu

   Don't spit on the floor, I just cleaned it

• chuspir, guspir

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cospir, from Latin cōnspuō (“to spit”).

• IPA^(key): /kusˈpiɾ/

cuspir (first-person singular present cuspo, first-person singular preterite cuspín, past participle cuspido)

1. to spit (to expel saliva from the mouth)

   Onde moitos cospen, lama fan (proverb) ― Where many people spit, they make mud

   Synonym: esgarrar

• cuspe (“saliva”)
• cuspido (“spitting image”)

• “cospir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “cosp” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cuspir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cuspir” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cuspir” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• cospir (obsolete)
• guspir (Brazil, nonstandard)

From Old Portuguese cospir, from Latin cōnspuō (“to spit out”).

• Homophone: cuspi (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: cus‧pir

cuspir (first-person singular present cuspo, third-person singular present cospe, first-person singular preterite cuspi, past participle cuspido)

1. to spit (to expel saliva from the mouth)

   Synonyms: cuspinhar, salivar, escarrar

2. (figuratively) to offend

   Synonyms: ofender, insultar

• “cuspir” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.