No. 11,324 in Spanish
escupen
"Escupen" means "they spit."
In a sentence
Los niños escupen el agua en la piscina.
The children spit out the water in the pool.
Used to describe the act of expelling water from one's mouth in an appropriate context, describing an action.
Algunos volcanes escupen lava durante las erupciones.
Some volcanoes spit out lava during eruptions.
Used metaphorically here to describe the natural expulsion of lava from a volcano.
Los mecánicos descubrieron que los tubos de escape escupen humo negro.
The mechanics discovered that the exhaust pipes spit out black smoke.
Illustrates the act of emitting or ejecting something visible, like smoke.
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