perspire

Meaning

1. (ambitransitive) To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores.
2. (intransitive) To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin.
3. (ambitransitive, rare) To cause (someone) to sweat.

Synonyms

sweat

😓

swelter

sudate

perspiration

glow

melt

transpire

Translations

transpirer

suer

😓

schwitzen

😓

sudar

😓

transpirar

zweten

😓

terlemek

Schweiß

😓

transpirieren

😓

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pəˈspaɪə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French perspirer and its source Latin perspīrō (“to breathe everywhere, blow constantly”), from per (“through”) + spīrō (“to breathe”); see spirit.