spectate

English

Etymology

Back-formation from spectator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɛkˈteɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

spectate (third-person singular simple present spectates, present participle spectating, simple past and past participle spectated)

1. (ambitransitive) To attend an event as a spectator; to observe.

Translations

attend an event as a spectator

• Esperanto: spekti (eo)
• Ido: spektar (io)
• Latvian: novērot
• Sanskrit: पश्यति (sa) (paśyati)
• Spanish: espectar (es) (Andes)

Anagrams

• capettes, pectates

Latin

Verb

spectāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of spectō

References

• “spectate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “spectate”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.