sudar

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to sweat

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sudar
intransitive verb
1to sweat (transpirar); to run with condensation (pared)
  • sudaban a chorros (informal) -> they were running with sweat
  • sudar la gota gorda (informal) -> to sweat buckets; to sweat blood (figurative) (trabajar duro)
transitive verb
2to make sweaty (empapar)
3to work hard for (informal) (trabajar duro por)

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sudar [soo-dar’]
article & verb transitive
1To sweat, to perspire, to exude.
2To give with repugnance.
3To toil, to labor.
4To ooze (recipiente), to distil.
5To cough up (dinero).
  • Hacer sudar la prensa -> to print much
  • Sudar la gota gorda -> to sweat blood
Sometimes used transitively.

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sudar
verbo:intransitivo
1 (transpirar) to sweat
sudar a chorros (familiar)
sudar a mares (familiar)
to sweat buckets; (familiar)
hacer sudar a algn to make sb sweat
2 (exudar) [+recipiente] to ooze; [+pared] to sweat
verbo:transitivo
1 (transpirar) to sweat
sudar la gota gorda to sweat buckets; (familiar)
sangre tinta
2 (mojar) [+ropa, prenda] to make sweaty
sudar la camiseta to sweat blood
necesitar un esfuerzo enorme para poder conseguir lo que se quiere. Se aplica casi exclusivamente al deporte Sergi Bruguera tendrá que sudar la camiseta si quiere ganar la final de Roland Garros frente al número uno mundial
me la suda (vulgar)
es un asunto que me la suda it bores the pants off me; (familiar)
3 (Botánica) (segregar) to ooze; give out; give off
4 (familiar) (conseguir con esfuerzo)
sudarlo to sweat it out; sudar un aumento de sueldo to sweat for a rise in pay; ha sudado el premio he really went flat out to get that prize
5 (familiar) [+dinero] to cough up; (familiar) part with

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Verb Conjugation for "sudar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo sudo sudé sudaba sudaré sude
Tú sudas sudaste sudabas sudarás sudes
Ella/Él/Usted suda sudó sudaba sudará sude
Nosotros sudamos sudamos sudábamos sudaremos sudemos
Vosotros sudáis sudasteis sudabais sudaréis sudéis
Ellos/Ustedes sudan sudaron sudaban sudarán suden
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