escupir
/eskuˈpiɾ/ · B1 · verb
to spit, to spit out
👄💦 es-CUP-ir: spit it out of the cup of your mouth; Latin spuere, as in sputum
Comes from Late Latin exconspuere, built on spuere, to spit. English sputum comes from the same verb, and English spew and spit share its old Indo-European root. Escupir sangre means to cough up blood.