Is It Sweat or Sweated?

sweat > sweat > sweat.
Although sweated is a variant past tense and past participle, sweat is the standard form—e.g.: “He was dressed in white ...

Do you say sweated or sweat?

In modern English, the most common way to use 'sweat' in the past tense is 'sweated,' but 'sweat' is also considered correct. We know it can be confusing because it's the same spelling as the present tense.

Is swat the past tense of sweat?

Other definitions for swat (2 of 5)

simple past tense and past participle of sweat.

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