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Verb

eructo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of eructar

Latin

Etymology

From ructō, or from ērūgere as its frequentative.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eːˈruk.toː/, [eːˈrʊk.toː]

Verb

ēructō ‎(present infinitive ēructāre, perfect active ēructāvī, supine ēructātum); first conjugation

1. I belch or vomit
2. I emit (violently), utter, rave
   • Cicero, 'In Catilinam', 2.10:

     ...qui mihi accubantes in conviviis conplexi mulieres inpudicas vino languidi, conferti cibo, sertis redimiti, unguentis obliti, debilitati stupris eructant sermonibus suis caedem bonorum atque urbis incendia.

     ...who lounging at parties with strange women, lazy with wine, stuffed with food, begarlanded, oblivious with perfume, enfeebled by debauchery, belch forth in speeches of the blood of good people and of the city in flames.

Inflection

Descendants

• English: eruct, eructate
• French: éructer
• Italian: eruttare
• Portuguese: arrotar, eructar
• Romanian: eructa
• Spanish: eructar

References

• eructo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• eructo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “eructo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • Vesuvius is discharging flame: Vesuvius evomit (more strongly eructat) ignes
    

Portuguese

Verb

eructo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of eructar

Spanish

Noun

eructo m ‎(plural eructos)

1. belch, burp

Synonyms

• regüeldo

Verb

eructo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of eructar.