sweltering

• Descreve um calor extremo e abafado que causa desconforto, geralmente referindo-se ao clima ou ao ambiente.

Describes extremely hot and uncomfortable weather or conditions.

1. Extremely hot and humidB2formal

   Describes weather or conditions that are intensely hot and often humid, causing discomfort and sweating.

   Muito quente e úmido

   • The sweltering heat of the desert made travel impossible.
   • We stayed indoors during the sweltering afternoon.
   • The city experienced a sweltering summer with record temperatures.

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   Antônimosarcticbittercoldcoolfreezingfrigid

• Verbo usado para descrever o estado de sofrer com o calor insuportável, sentindo-se sufocado e exausto pelo abafamento.

A verb used to describe the state of suffering from oppressive heat.

1. Suffer from intense heatB2formal

   To be uncomfortably hot, often to the point of feeling oppressed or overwhelmed by high temperatures.

   Sofrer com o calor intenso

   • The workers sweltered in the midday sun without any shade.
   • We sweltered in the stuffy, unventilated room.
   • The city sweltered during the record-breaking heatwave.

   Sinônimosbakeboilbroilburnroastscorchsuffocate