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From Yiddish שפּריצן (shpritsn) and German spritzen.

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ŝpruci (present ŝprucas, past ŝprucis, future ŝprucos, conditional ŝprucus, volitive ŝprucu)

  1. (intransitive) to gush, to spray
    • 1907, Bolesław Prus, translated by Kazimierz Bein, La Faraono: Vol. 1, page 42:
      En la mezo ŝprucis fontano; la vojetoj estis surŝutitaj per kolora sablo.
      In the middle gushed a fountain; the paths had colored sand poured over them.

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