carraspear
to clear one's throat
Reviewed by: David WestfallCofounder
To cough lightly to get the roughness out of your throat
Encoding Strategies:
mnemonic
ca-
cough
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rasp
rough scratchy sound
+
-ear
verb suffix
Carraspear means to clear one's throat. The ca-0 sounds like a cough, and the rasp1 is what you are coughing out of your voice.
carraspear
to clear one's throat
When you clear your throat, you cough lightly to get the roughness out so your voice comes out clean.
El profesor carraspeó antes de empezar la claseThe teacher cleared his throat before starting class
Carraspeé para que notaran que ya había llegadoI cleared my throat so they would notice I had arrived
to have a scratchy throat, to have a tickle in one's throat
When your throat itself feels rough and scratchy, which is the state that makes you want to clear it in the first place.
Carraspeo mucho cuando hay humo en el aireMy throat gets scratchy when there's smoke in the air
Empecé a carraspear en cuanto entré al cuarto polvorientoI got a tickle in my throat as soon as I walked into the dusty room