perspire
To emit through the skin's poresTo emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores.
» I perspire a lot at night.
Ночью я сильно потею.
Я вночі сильно пітнію.
Meaning
3 senses(ambitransitive)To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores.
I was perspiring freely after running the marathon.
excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
(intransitive)To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin.
A fluid perspires.
(ambitransitive, rare)To cause (someone) to sweat.
Examples
7 sentencesI perspire a lot at night.
Я вночі сильно пітнію. — deniko
ruНочью я сильно потею. — marafon
I began to perspire.
Я почав пітніти. — deniko
Tom is perspiring.
deTom schwitzt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom began to perspire.
deTom fing an zu schwitzen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I perspired under the arms.
deIch schwitzte unter den Armen. — MUIRIEL
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French perspirer and its source Latin perspīrō (“to breathe everywherBorrowed from Middle French perspirer and its source Latin perspīrō (“to breathe everywhere, blow constantly”), from per (“through”) + spīrō (“to breathe”); see spirit.
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Forms
perspires, perspiring, perspired, perspiredSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle