sudar

to sweat

sudar(soo-dahr)

intransitive verb

1. (to exude moisture)

a. to sweat

Con este calor no dejo de sudar.

I can't stop sweating in this heat.

b. to perspire

Empezó a sudar cuando la maestra le preguntó por qué no había entregado la tarea.

He began to perspire when the teacher asked him why he hadn't turned in the homework.

2. (to exude condensation)

a. to sweat

Su bebida helada estaba sudando en el calor tropical.

His cold drink was sweating in the tropical heat.

3.

(colloquial)

(to work tirelessly)

a. to work hard

Suda a diario para darles de comer a sus hijos.

He works hard every day to feed his children.

transitive verb

4. (to exude moisture)

a. to sweat

La yegua sudaba espuma.

The mare was sweating foam.

5. (to make moist from sweat)

a. to make sweaty

Pedro siempre suda la camiseta cuando sale a correr.

Pedro always makes his T-shirt sweaty when he goes for a run.

sudar

intransitive verb

1. (transpirar)

a. to sweat

2. (pared)

a. to run with condensation

3. (colloquial)

a.

sudaban a chorrosthey were running with sweat

4. (colloquial)

a.

sudar la gota gordato sweat buckets

5. (fig)

a.

transitive verb

6. (empapar)

a. to make sweaty

7. (colloquial)

a. to work hard for

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sudar

intransitive verb

1 (transpirar) to sweat

sudar a chorros

sudar a mares

to sweat buckets (familiar)

hacer sudar a algn to make sb sweat

2 (exudar) [+recipiente] to ooze; [+pared] to sweat

transitive verb

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

es un asunto que me la suda it bores the pants off me (familiar)

3 (Botánica) (segregar) to ooze; give out; give off

4 (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 [+dinero] to cough up (familiar); part with