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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesgotejar
Pronunciation / Transliteration: gotejar
"O xarope começou a gotejar da garrafa."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To flow or leak slowly through a porous material.
"The syrup oozed from the bottle, creating a sticky mess."
- 1
A slow flow or seepage of a liquid.
"The ooze from the old pipe was a sign of a serious leak."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English word 'wācian', meaning to become weak or wet, and related to 'wēox' and the Proto-Germanic '*waikwaz' (soft, pliant). Over centuries, the phonetics shifted through Middle English as 'wosien' to represent the slow flow or exuding of a liquid or soft substance.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Ooze" is said worldwide
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suinter
Transliteration: sweentay
"Le sirop a commencé à suinter de la bouteille."
sickern
Transliteration: ziːkɐn
"Der Sirup begann aus der Flasche zu sickern."
gocciolare
Transliteration: goccholare
"Lo sciroppo ha iniziato a gocciolare dalla bottiglia."
filtrar
Transliteration: filtrar
"El jarabe comenzó a filtrar de la botella."
gotejar
Transliteration: gotejar
"O xarope começou a gotejar da garrafa."
टपकना
Transliteration: tapakna
"सिरप बोतल से टपकने लगा।"
渗出
Transliteration: shèn chū
"糖浆开始从瓶子里渗出。"
스며들다
Transliteration: seumyeodeulda
"시럽이 병에서 스며들기 시작했다."
滲み出る
Transliteration: nijimideru
"シロップが瓶から滲み出始めた。"
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