prendre |
1. v. to take | |
prends ma main - take my hand | |
2. v. to eat; to drink | |
elle prend un café - she is drinking a coffee | |
3. v. to get; to buy | |
Je vais prendre le plat du jour. - I'll get the dish of the day. | |
4. v. to rob; to deprive | |
prendre quelque chose à quelqu'un | |
5. v. to make | |
prendre une décision - to make a decision | |
prendre des mesures draconiennes - to take draconian measures | |
6. v. to catch, to work, to start | |
le feu ne prend pas - the fire won't start | |
la sauce ne prend pas - the sauce isn't thickening | |
ma mayonnaise ne prend pas - my mayonnaise isn't setting | |
ça ne prend pas avec moi - that won't wash with me | |
7. v. to get (something) caught (in), to jam | |
je me suis pris la main dans la porte - I caught my hand in the door | |
je me suis pris la porte dans la figure | |
8. v. indtr, à | |
Qu'est-ce qui t'a pris ? Qu'est-ce qui t'est passé par la tête ? - What were you thinking? What got into you? What came over you? | |
Qu'est-ce qui lui a pris ? Quelle mouche l'a piqué ? - What was he thinking? What got into him? | |
bien lui en prit | |
mal lui en prit | |
9. v. to start having a negative feeling towards someone | |
prendre en aversion | |
prendre en grippe | |
prendre en dégoût | |
10. v. (followed by a partitive, in various idiomatic expressions) to gain | |
prendre de la vitesse - to gain speed | |
prendre du galon - to gain a promotion | |
prendre de l'avance - to gain ground | |
prendre du retard - to fall behind schedule, to run late, to drop behind | |
prendre de la hauteur - to gain some perspective | |
prendre du recul - to take a step back | |
prendre de la bouteille - to gain experience | |
en prendre de la graine - to take away a lesson | |
prendre du poids - to gain weight | |
prendre de la masse - to build muscle | |
prendre de la brioche, prendre du bide, prendre du ventre - to get a paunch | |
prendre du bouchon | |
prendre de l'élan - to gain momentum | |
prendre de l'âge | |
prendre de la valeur - to gain value | |
prendre de l'importance | |
11. v. (colloquial ; impersonal) to take (a certain amount of time) | |
Ça va me prendre au moins deux heures pour le mettre à jour. | |
12. v. (colloquial ; impersonal ; by extension) to take (a certain number or amount of) | |
Pour finir dans deux heures, ça prend trois personnes. - To finish in two hours, it'll take three people. | |
13. v. (impersonal) to come over (to arise in and gain some control over one's thoughts and/or actions) | |
il prend quelque chose à quelqu'un - something comes over someone | |
Il lui prend une fantaisie de mettre le feu à la maison. | |
une |
1. num. feminine singular of un | |
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
brosse |
1. n-f. brush (the implement) | |
2. n-f. crew cut | |
Haha! Tu t'es fait une brosse, tu t'es cru en 1982 ou quoi ? | |
3. v. first-person singular present of brosser | |
4. v. third-person singular present of brosser | |
5. v. second-person singular imperative of brosser | |
brosser |
1. v. to brush (to clean/tidy/shape with a brush) | |
2. v. to whip, to beat (to defeat) | |
3. v. (Belgium, informal) to play truant, to skip class | |
prendre une brosse |
1. v. (Quebec, slang) to get wasted, drunk, smashed | |
virer |
1. v. to bear, veer (change direction slightly) | |
Virer à gauche. - Bear left. | |
2. v. to turn into, become | |
La situation va virer au drame. - The situation is going to turn into a drama. | |
3. v. to transfer (money, from one account to another) | |
4. v. to get rid of, fire, shitcan | |
Tu pourrais te faire virer pour ça. - You could get yourself fired for that. | |
une |
1. num. feminine singular of un | |
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
brosse |
1. n-f. brush (the implement) | |
2. n-f. crew cut | |
Haha! Tu t'es fait une brosse, tu t'es cru en 1982 ou quoi ? | |
3. v. first-person singular present of brosser | |
4. v. third-person singular present of brosser | |
5. v. second-person singular imperative of brosser | |
brosser |
1. v. to brush (to clean/tidy/shape with a brush) | |
2. v. to whip, to beat (to defeat) | |
3. v. (Belgium, informal) to play truant, to skip class | |
virer une brosse |
1. v. (Quebec, slang) to get wasted, drunk, smashed | |
se |
1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun. | |
2. pron. (to) himself | |
3. pron. (to) herself | |
4. pron. (to) oneself | |
5. pron. (to) itself | |
6. pron. (to) themselves | |
7. pron. (to) each other | |
8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.) | |
Je suis partie à la chasse et faut vous autres se comportes bien. - I'm going hunting and y'all need to behave yourselves. | |
saouler |
1. v. Alternative spelling of souler | |