transpire

UK: /trænˈspaɪər/ US: /-ˈspaɪə`/ [transpired, transpiring]

Translation

› (form)

⇨ saber

It transpired that they were lovers

Se sabía que eran amantes

■ constr. to transpire + that

› (form)

⇨ transpirar

(Definition of transpire v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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