sweat
To emit sweatTo emit sweat.
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» Why are you sweating so much?
Чому ти так пітнієш? — deniko
Чому ви так пітнієте? — deniko
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Examples
293 sentencesWhy are you sweating so much?
Чому ти так пітнієш? — deniko
Don't sweat it.
Не переймайтесь. — rmdas
deMach dir nichts draus. — enteka
Tom is sweating.
Том пітніє. — deniko
ruТом потеет. — paul_lingvo
deTom schwitzt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Meaning
17 senses(intransitive)To emit sweat.
schwitzen
поте́тьpotétʹ, вспоте́тьvspotétʹ, покрыва́ться испа́ринойpokryvátʹsja ispárinoj
поті́тиpotíty, споті́тиspotíty, употі́тиupotíty
(transitive)To cause to excrete moisture through skin.
excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
(informal, intransitive)To worry.
sich sorgen
More meanings 14
(informal, intransitive)To work hard.
I've been sweating over my essay all day.
вка́лыватьvkályvatʹ, горба́титьсяgorbátitʹsja, иша́читьišáčitʹ
(intransitive, transitive)To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content.
anschwitzen
To cause to excrete moisture through skin.
(transitive)To cause to perspire.
His physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics.
To work hard.
(informal, intransitive)To be extremely dedicated to winning a game; to play competitively.
There's no way we can win. These guys are sweating so hard.
(informal, transitive)To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.
to sweat a spendthrift
to sweat labourers
(informal, transitive)To worry about (something).
Don't sweat it!
to sweat the small stuff
(transitive)To emit, in the manner of sweat.
to sweat blood
schwitzen
(intransitive)To emit moisture.
The cheese will start sweating if you don't refrigerate it.
(intransitive)To have drops of water form on (something's surface) due to moisture condensation.
Coasters are a good way to stop a sweating glass from damaging your table.
Origin
From Middle English sweten, from Old English swǣtan, from Proto-Germanic *swaitijaną (“toFrom Middle English sweten, from Old English swǣtan, from Proto-Germanic *swaitijaną (“to sweat”). Compare Dutch zweten, German schwitzen, Danish svede. Doublet of shvitz.
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Forms
sweats, sweating, sweated, sweatedTenses
sweat · sweated · will sweat · have sweatedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
7 synonymsWord family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
4 patterns- sweat a lot
- a good sweat
- good sweat
- sweating like
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.