orinar

/oɾiˈnaɾ/ · B1 · verb

to urinate, to pee

🚽 orina = urine, + -ar verb ending: to urine-ate

From Latin urinare, from urina (urine). Spanish turned the u into an o: orina is urine, and orinar is the verb. The English cognate urinate comes from the same Latin root.

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