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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

eructo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: eructo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Urp/ɜːrp/
verbnounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El bebé soltó un pequeño eructo después de comer."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To make a brief, soft sound characteristic of a burp or mild regurgitation.

    "The infant gave a little urp after finishing his bottle."
As noun
  1. 1

    A short, muffled burp or regurgitative sound.

    "He suppressed a quiet urp behind his hand during the meeting."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Originating as an imitative or onomatopoeic creation in early 20th-century English, 'urp' mimics the sudden, involuntary sound of a minor burp or regurgitation. It blends the phonetic elements of 'burp' and 'up' to describe a short, muffled throat sound.

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