sweat

Schweiß

Die salzige Flüssigkeit, die bei Hitze, körperlicher Anstrengung oder Nervosität aus der Haut tritt.

In einfachem Englisch: The salty liquid that comes from your skin when you are hot, active, or nervous.

• Sweat ran down his face.
• She wiped the sweat from her forehead.
• My shirt was wet with sweat after the race.

Synonyme: perspiration

Häufige Wendungen: covered in sweat, drops of sweat, beads of sweat, sweat on something

Schwitzen, Schweißausbruch

Der Zustand, in dem die Haut Schweiß abgibt, oft wegen Hitze oder Angst.

In einfachem Englisch: A state in which your skin is producing liquid, often because you are hot or afraid.

• He woke in a cold sweat.
• The climb brought her out in a sweat.
• Thinking about the exam put me in a nervous sweat.

So benutzt man es: in a sweat (She arrived in a sweat after running.); break out in a sweat (He broke out in a sweat when he heard the news.)

Häufige Wendungen: cold sweat, nervous sweat

schwitzen

Bei Hitze, Anstrengung oder Nervosität salzige Flüssigkeit durch die Haut abgeben.

In einfachem Englisch: To produce salty liquid through your skin because you are hot, active, or nervous.

• I sweat when I run.
• We sweated in the crowded room.
• Are you sweating because you feel nervous?

Synonyme: perspire

Häufige Wendungen: sweat heavily, sweat a lot, sweat profusely, sweat during exercise

sich sorgen

Sich wegen etwas Sorgen machen oder nervös sein.

In einfachem Englisch: To worry or feel nervous about something.

• Don’t sweat the small stuff.
• She sweated over the decision all weekend.
• Why sweat about a problem we can easily fix?

So benutzt man es: sweat over something (He sweated over the final question.); sweat about something (There is no need to sweat about the result.)

Synonyme: worry, fret

Häufige Wendungen: sweat over something, sweat the details