Sudar

[DailyWord]

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word (http://daily.tomisimo.org/) for May 21, 2009

sudar (verb) — to sweat. Look up sudar in the dictionary (http://www.tomisimo.org/dictionary/spanish_english/sudar)

Después de caminar en el sol empecé a sudar mucho.
After walking in the sun I started sweating profusely.

[chileno]

In chile sudar is used for animals, and transpire for humans.

[irmamar]

In Spain we say "sudar". "Transpirar" is also used, but usually we say "sudar".

[María José]

Some expressions with sweat:
- Sudar la gota gorda
- Sudar sangre
- Sudar tinta china
- Sudar como un cerdo/pollo

[chileno]

Some expressions with sweat:
- Sudar la gota gorda
- Sudar sangre
- Sudar tinta china
- Sudar como un cerdo/pollo

En chile decimos lo mismo, pero con transpiración.

Osea sudamos la gota gorda tratando de decirlo... :rolleyes:

Ah! en vez de cerdo usamos chancho.