Translate 'spits' from Dutch to English (2024)

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What does spit mean in dutch? ›

spit → speeksel; spuug; spuwsel; verb.

verb (used without object)

, spit or spat, spit·ting. to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate. to express hatred, contempt, etc., by or as if by ejecting saliva from the mouth.

Have you read the Dutch bestseller 'Het diner' (the dinner) by Herman Koch? Or have you seen the film?

kiss → zoen; kus; verb.

The phrase "going Dutch", where a couple each pays for their own half of a restaurant bill implies "cheap", basically.

The noun is from Middle English spit, spite, spete, spette, spyte, spytte (“rod on which meat is cooked; rod used as a torture instrument; short spear; point of a spear; spine in the fin of a fish; pointed object; dagger symbol; land projecting into the sea”), from Old English spitu (“rod on which meat is cooked; spit” ...

spit noun (LIQUID FROM MOUTH)

saliva (= liquid produced in the mouth): Spit dribbled down his chin.

Spits can form a recurved hook as to secondary winds cause sediment deposition to occur at a different angle than previously. A salt marsh can form behind a spit if an estuary is present due to the mixing of fresh water, salt water and sediment.

Three words for money are “floes,” “mula,” and “saaf,” and you can say you want to borrow 10 euros or a “donnie,” 100 euros or a “barkie,” or 1000 euros, “a doezoe.”

English is the only language that calls the language spoken in the Netherlands “Dutch.” The Dutch themselves called their language Nederlands, and most other languages have some variation on that theme. English has thrown around the word Dutch and its various spellings for hundreds of years.

How do you say hot in Dutch slang? ›

heet {adj.}

Britannica Dictionary definition of SPIT AND POLISH. [noncount] informal. : careful attention to making something clean and polished. All the car needs is some spit and polish.

sneeze → niezen; noun.