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땀을 흘리다

ttameul heullida [따믈 흘리다]

땀을 흘려요 · 땀을 흘렸어요 · 땀을 흘릴 거예요

to sweat

Example

오늘 운동을 열심히 해서 땀을 많이 흘렸어요.

I worked out hard today, so I sweated a lot.

Word parts

Literally 'to spill sweat'; 흘리다 also means to spill or shed, as in 눈물을 흘리다.

Good to know

땀이 나다 just says sweat appears; 땀을 흘리다 suggests sweating a lot, often from hard work.