eructate

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ēructātus, from the verb ēructō.

Verb

eructate (third-person singular simple present eructates, present participle eructating, simple past and past participle eructated)

1. (formal, intransitive) To burp; to belch.
   • 1850, Erastus Edgerton Marcy, John Charles Peters, Otto Füllgraff, The Elements of a New Materia Medica and Therapeutics, page 400:

     Pain in the right side of the throat, as from an ulcery sensation or as if a splinter were lodged in the throat, when swallowing, eructating, breathing, stretching and moving the neck.

Derived terms

• eructation

Translations

to burp or belch

• French: éructer (fr)
• Italian: eruttare (it)
• Maori: tane, tokopuaha, kūpā, pupā

Latin

Verb

ērūctāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ērūctō

Spanish

Verb

eructate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of eructar combined with te