Grammatical class

Verb

transpirer

to transpire

Details

Syllables

trans-pi-rer

Phonetics

tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁe

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

18289

Freq. (movies)

11849

Freq. (news)

35926

Sentences

Je suis en train de transpirer.

I'm working up a sweat.

A1

Il se mit à transpirer.

He began to sweat.

A2

Je me mis à transpirer.

I began to sweat.

A2

Elle se mit à transpirer.

She began to sweat.

B1

La forte humidité me fait transpirer.

The high humidity is making me sweat.

B1

Il était parfaitement détendu et n'opposa aucune résistance mais me lança un regard si hideux que cela me fit transpirer à grosses gouttes.

He was perfectly cool and made no resistance, but gave me one look, so ugly that it brought out the sweat on me like running.

C1