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expectorate

How many syllables in expectorate?

  4 syllables

Divide expectorate into syllables:   ex-pec-to-rate
Stressed syllable in expectorate:   ex-pec-to-rate
How to pronounce expectorate:   ik-spek-ter-eyt
How to say expectorate:

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