sweat

sweat
sweat [{{t}}swet] ( {{}}British{{}} pt & pp sweated, {{}}American{{}} pt & pp sweat or sweated)
1 noun
(a) (perspiration) sueur f, transpiration f;
sweat was dripping from his forehead son front était ruisselant de sueur;
I woke up covered in sweat je me suis réveillé en nage ou couvert de sueur ou tout en sueur;
the sweat was pouring off him il dégoulinait de sueur;
to break out in or to come out in a cold sweat avoir des sueurs froides;
she earned it by the sweat of her brow elle l'a gagné à la sueur de son front
(b) {{}}familiar{{}} (unpleasant task) corvée f;
{{}}British{{}} picking strawberries is a real sweat la cueillette des fraises est une vraie corvée;
can you give me a hand? - no sweat! peux-tu me donner un coup de main? - pas de problème!
(c) {{}}British{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} (anxious state)
to work oneself (up) into a sweat (about sth) se faire du mauvais sang (au sujet de qch);
there's no need to get into a sweat about it! pas la peine de te mettre dans des états pareils!
(d) (on wall, surface) suintement m
(e) {{}}British{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} {{}}old-fashioned{{}}
(old) sweat (old soldier) vieux soldat m; (experienced worker) vieux routier m
(f) {{}}American{{}} (sweatshirt) sweat m
2 intransitive verb
(a) (perspire) suer, transpirer;
the effort made him sweat l'effort l'a mis en sueur;
she was sweating profusely elle suait à grosses gouttes;
{{}}familiar{{}} to sweat like a pig suer comme un bœuf
(b) {{}}figurative{{}} (work hard, suffer) suer;
my mother sweated over a hot stove from morning till night ma mère suait sur ses fourneaux du matin jusqu'au soir;
I'll make them sweat for this! ils vont me le payer!;
she's sweating over her homework elle est en train de suer sur ses devoirs
(c) {{}}familiar{{}} (worry) se faire de la bile, se faire un sang d'encre;
I was sweating in case he found out what I'd done j'avais la trouille qu'il découvre ce que j'avais fait;
I'm going to leave him to sweat for a while je vais le laisser mijoter un peu
(d) (ooze → walls, surface) suer, suinter; (→ cheese) suer
3 transitive verb
(a) (cause to perspire) faire suer ou transpirer;
the doctor recommended sweating the patient le médecin recommanda de faire transpirer le malade
(b) (exude) {{}}figurative{{}}
to sweat blood suer sang et eau;
he sweated blood over this article il a sué sang et eau sur cet article;
{{}}familiar{{}} to sweat buckets suer comme un bœuf
(c) {{}}American{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} (extort)
we sweated the information out of him on lui a fait cracher le morceau
(d) {{}}Cookery{{}} faire suer
(e) {{}}American{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} (idioms)
don't sweat it! pas de panique!;
{{}}familiar{{}} don't sweat the small stuff! n'en fais pas tout un plat!
►► {{}}Anatomy{{}} sweat duct conduit m sudorifère;
{{}}American{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} {{}}Finance{{}} sweat equity plus-value f (acquise grâce à des améliorations, au travail fourni etc);
sweat gland glande f sudoripare;
sweat suit survêtement m, jogging m
sweat off separable transitive verb
éliminer;
you should do some exercise to sweat off those excess pounds tu devrais faire un peu d'exercice pour éliminer ces kilos superflus
sweat out separable transitive verb
(a) (illness)
stay in bed and try to sweat out the cold restez au lit et essayez de transpirer pour faire partir votre rhume
(b) (idiom)
to sweat it out prendre son mal en patience, tenir jusqu'au bout;
leave him to sweat it out laissez-le se débrouiller tout seul

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