WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| swot⇒ vi | UK, informal (study intensively) | estudiar mucho vi + adv |
| | (ES: coloquial) | empollar⇒ vi |
| | Judy has been swotting every day this week. |
| swot for [sth] vi + prep | UK, informal (study for an exam) | estudiar mucho para algo loc verb + prep |
| | (ES: coloquial) | empollar para algo vi + prep |
| | Jeannie spent the weekend swotting for the exam. |
| swot n | UK, pejorative, informal (hardworking student) (AmC, CO: coloquial) | nerdo, nerda nm, nf |
| | (AR, UY: coloquial) | traga n común |
| | (ES: coloquial) | empollón, empollona nm, nf |
| | | estudiante demasiado aplicado, estudiante demasiado aplicada loc nm, loc nf |
| | Peter is a boring swot who only cares about schoolwork. |
| swot up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | UK, informal (study [sth] hard) | estudiarse todo loc verb |
| | Ron needs to swot up on the Tudor period if he wants to do better in his next history test. |