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swel·ter  (swltr)

v. swel·tered, swel·ter·ing, swel·ters

v.intr.

To suffer from oppressive heat.

v.tr.

1. To affect with oppressive heat.

2. Archaic To exude (venom, for example).

n.

A condition of oppressive heat.

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[Middle English swelteren, frequentative of swelten, to faint from heat, from Old English sweltan, to perish.]

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swelter [ˈswɛltə]

vb

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) (intr) to suffer under oppressive heat, esp to sweat and feel faint

2. (tr) Archaic to exude (venom)

3. (tr) Rare to cause to suffer under oppressive heat

n

1. a sweltering condition (esp in the phrase in a swelter)

2. oppressive humid heat

[C15 swelten, from Old English sweltan to die; related to Old Norse svelta to starve, Old High German swelzan to burn with passion; see sultry]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	swelter - be uncomfortably hot suffer - feel unwell or uncomfortable; "She is suffering from the hot weather"
	2.	swelter - suffer from intense heat; "we were sweltering at the beach" perspire, sudate, sweat - excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat"

Translations

swelter [ˈsweltəʳ] VI → abrasarse, sofocarse de calor
we sweltered in 40° → nos sofocábamos a una temperatura de 40 grados

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swelter [ˈswɛltə^r] vi → étouffer
They sweltered in temperatures rising to a hundred degrees → Ils étouffaient sous des températures atteignant trente-huit degrés.

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swelter

vi → (vor Hitze) vergehen, verschmachten (inf)

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swelter [ˈswɛltəʳ] vi → soffocare, morire di caldo

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swelter

v swelter [ˈsweltə]

(of a person etc) to be uncomfortably hot I'm sweltering in this heat! bedompig يَتَصَبَّب عَرَقا задушавам се от горещина pařit se være ved at gå til af varme vor Hitze vergehen σκάω από ζέστη abrasarse, asarse de calor (palavusest) lämbuma از گرما كلافه شدن läkähtyä étouffer de chaleur לְהַרגִיש חָם מִדָי गर्मी के मारे तंग होना, पसीने-पसीने होना, औसना, उमस होना, उमस कड़ी गर्मी skapavati od vrućine, kupati se u znoju eltikkad kepanasan vera að stikna soffocare 暑苦しい 혹서 leipti gurt no svelmes/karstuma berasa sangat panas1 smoren holde på å forgå av varme, smelte omdlewać z upału derreter a se sufoca de căldură изнемогать от жары pariť sa dušiti se od vročine umirati od vrućine försmäkta, förgås ร้อนอบอ้าว sıcaktan bunalmak 熱得發昏, 悶熱 знемагати від спеки گرمی سے مضمحل ہونا mệt nhoài người, đổ mồ hôi nhễ nhại 热得发昏, 闷热