Polyglot Dictionary

exertion

/ɪɡˈzɜːrʃən/

noun B2
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. esfuerzo (físico)

    • The exertion left him out of breath.

      El esfuerzo lo dejó sin aliento.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

elbow grease

Elbow grease is an informal idiom for hard physical effort; exertion is the plain literal word for the same thing.

Similar in other languages

German

Anstrengung

Anstrengung is the German word for the same thing — both mean "effort, exertion."

German

Schweiß

Close, figuratively — exertion causes sweat.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa exertion?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: The ___ left him out of breath.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a exertion?

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