sudar

to sweat

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sudar(

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An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

1. (to exude moisture)

a. to sweat

Sudo cuando estoy haciendo ejercicio.I sweat when I'm working out.

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.

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(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.

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

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

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

1. (transpirar)

a. to sweat

2. (pared)

a. to run with condensation

3. (colloquial)

sudaban a chorrosthey were running with sweat

4. (colloquial)

sudar la gota gordato sweat buckets

5. (fig)

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

6. (empapar)

a. to make sweaty

7. (colloquial)

a. to work hard for

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

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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Phrases

sudar la gota gorda

to sweat buckets

to sweat blood

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Participles

Present:	sudando
Past:	sudado

Indicative

	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Conditional	Future
yo	sudo	sudé	sudaba	sudaría	sudaré
tú	sudas	sudaste	sudabas	sudarías	sudarás
él/ella/Ud.	suda	sudó	sudaba	sudaría	sudará
nosotros	sudamos	sudamos	sudábamos	sudaríamos	sudaremos
vosotros	sudáis	sudasteis	sudabais	sudaríais	sudaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	sudan	sudaron	sudaban	sudarían	sudarán