sweat

sueur

Liquide salé qui sort de la peau quand on a chaud, fait un effort ou est nerveux.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : perspiration

Expressions courantes : covered in sweat, drops of sweat, beads of sweat, sweat on something

transpiration

État dans lequel la peau produit de la sueur, souvent à cause de la chaleur ou de la peur.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : 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.)

Expressions courantes : cold sweat, nervous sweat

transpirer, suer

Produire un liquide salé à travers la peau sous l’effet de la chaleur, de l’effort ou du stress.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : perspire

Expressions courantes : sweat heavily, sweat a lot, sweat profusely, sweat during exercise

s’inquiéter, se faire du souci

Se faire du souci ou se sentir nerveux à propos de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : sweat over something (He sweated over the final question.); sweat about something (There is no need to sweat about the result.)

Synonymes : worry, fret

Expressions courantes : sweat over something, sweat the details