Usage Note
Suer is the standard verb for sweating. The noun la sueur means sweat or perspiration. The colloquial phrase faire suer quelqu'un means to annoy or irritate someone — literally 'to make someone sweat' — and is quite commonly heard in informal French speech.
Examples
"Il sue beaucoup quand il fait du sport."
Natural Translation
He sweats a lot when he does sport.

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