🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

babear

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ba-ba-ear

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Slobber/ˈslɒb.ər/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O cachorro baba depois de beber água."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To let saliva flow from the mouth; to drool.

    "The dog slobbered all over the floor after drinking water."
As noun
  1. 1

    Saliva that spills from the mouth; drool.

    "There was slobber on the child's chin after he finished his ice cream."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'slobber' originates from Middle English 'slobberen', which is derived from the Old English 'slobberian', meaning to drool or let saliva flow. The term has evolved over centuries to describe the act of drooling, often associated with animals or children.

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