sudar la gota gorda
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to sweat the fat drop”.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /suˌdaɾ la ˌɡota ˈɡoɾda/ [suˌð̞aɾ la ˌɣ̞o.t̪a ˈɣ̞oɾ.ð̞a]
- Syllabification: su‧dar la go‧ta gor‧da
Verb
[edit]sudar la gota gorda (first-person singular present sudo la gota gorda, first-person singular preterite sudé la gota gorda, past participle sudado la gota gorda)
- (idiomatic) to sweat buckets
Further reading
[edit]- “sudar alguien la gota gorda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014