how to say “to sweat” in Hebrew

 

לְהָזִיעַ

 

 
Exercise is particularly gratifying when we sweat, because this proves to ourselves that we’ve actually worked out. At least that’s my experience.
 
The Hebrew word for to sweat is לְהָזִיעַ listen and repeat. It’s an active-causative verb of the root ז.י.ע (z.y.a).
 
For example:
 
רָקַדְתִּי כָּל כָּךְ הַרְבֶּה שֶׁהִתְחַלְתִּי לְהָזִיעַ.
I danced so much that I started sweating.
 
and
 
הַבּוֹס הַגָּדוֹל שֶׁלָּהֶם נִתְפַּס – עַכְשָׁו הֵם מֵזִיעִים.
Their big boss was caught – now they’re sweating.
 
The word for sweat itself is זֵעָה listen and repeat.

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