vomitar

/bomiˈtaɾ/ · B1 · verb

to vomit, to be sick

🤮 vomitar = vomit + -ar, the Spanish verb ending

Both words come from Latin vomere, to throw up. Spanish adds the -ar verb ending and says the v like a soft b, so it sounds close to bo-mee-TAR.

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