transpirer

transpirer [tʀɑ̃spiʀe]

➭ TABLE 1 intransitive verb

   a. to sweat

• il transpire des mains/pieds he has sweaty hands/feet

• transpirer à grosses gouttes to be running with sweat

• transpirer sur un devoir (inf) to sweat (inf) over an exercise

   b. ( = être dévoilé) to transpire

• rien n'a transpiré nothing transpired (de from)

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tʀɑ̃spiʀe

verbe intransitif

1) lit to sweat, to perspire

transpirer à grosses gouttes — to be dripping ou streaming with sweat

2) (colloq) (travailler dur) to sweat

3) (colloq) (être divulgué) [information, secret] to leak out; [sentiment, opinion] to come out

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tʀɑ̃spiʀe vi

1) [personne] to perspire

2) [information, nouvelle] to come out

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transpirer verb table: aimer vi

1 Physiol to sweat, to perspire; je transpire des mains my hands sweat; transpirer à grosses gouttes to be dripping ou streaming with sweat;

2 ○(travailler dur) to sweat (sur qch over sth); il a beaucoup transpiré sur ce projet he sweated a lot over this project; faire transpirer qn to make sb sweat;

3 ○(être divulgué) [information, secret] to leak out; [sentiment, opinion] to come out; espérons que rien ne transpirera de cette affaire let's hope none of this business leaks out.

[trɑ̃spire] verbe intransitif

1. PHYSIOLOGIE to perspire, to sweat

transpirer des mains/pieds to have sweaty hands/feet

je transpirais à grosses gouttes great drops ou beads of sweat were rolling off my forehead

(figuré) [faire des efforts] to sweat blood, to be hard at it

transpirer sur quelque chose to sweat over something

2. [être divulgué] to leak out, to come to light