🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

traspirare

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /traspiˈrare/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Perspire/pəˈspaɪər/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Ho iniziato a traspirare durante l'allenamento."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To excrete moisture through the pores of the skin, typically as a result of heat, physical exertion, fever, or anxiety.

    "The athletes began to perspire heavily during the intense training session."
  2. 2

    To emit moisture or vapor through a surface.

    "Cold drops of condensation began to perspire on the outside of the glass."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'perspirare', combining 'per-' (through) and 'spirare' (to breathe). Entering English in the late 16th century via French 'perspirer', it originally denoted the exhalation of vapor through the pores, later shifting primarily to the secretion of sweat.

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