Französisch | Englisch |
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porter verbe | wear [wore, worn, wearing, wears]◼◼◼(to have on (clothes)) carry [carried, carrying, carries]◼◼◼(to transport by lifting) port [ported, porting, ports]◼◼◻(computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) |
Porter nom propre | Porter◼◼◼(surname) |
porter nom {m} | porter [porters]◼◼◼(strong, dark ale weaker than a stout) |
porter aux nues verbe | praise to the skies◼◼◼verb |
porter de femme nom {m} | wife carrying◼◼◼(Scandinavian sport) |
porter de l'eau à la rivière (carry water to the river) verbe | carry coals to Newcastle(do something unneeded or redundant) |
porter la culotte verbe | wear the trousers◼◼◼(to be the dominant partner) |
porter la guigne verbe | jinx [jinxed, jinxing, jinxes]◼◼◼(To cast a spell on) |
porter la poisse verbe | jinx [jinxed, jinxing, jinxes]◼◼◼(To bring bad luck to) |
porter le deuil verbe | mourn [mourned, mourning, mourns]◼◼◼(express sadness for, grieve over) |
porter le pantalon verbe | wear the trousers◼◼◼(to be the dominant partner) |
porter malheur verbe | jinx [jinxed, jinxing, jinxes]◼◼◼(To cast a spell on) |
porter ombrage verbe | put in the shadeverb |
porter plainte verbe | complain [complained, complaining, complains]◼◼◼(to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge) press charges◼◼◻(to formally accuse a person of a crime) |
(to lodge a criminal complaint)porter plainte nom {f} | complaint [complaints](criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another) |
porter ses fruits verbe | bear fruit◼◼◼(succeed in some task) pay off◼◼◻(to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit) |
porter un toast verbe | toast [toasted, toasting, toasts]◼◼◼(to engage in a salutation) |
porter à ébullition verbe | boil [boiled, boiling, boils]◼◼◼(heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas) bring to a boil◼◼◻(heat something until it reaches boiling point) |
apporter verbe | bring◼◼◼(to transport toward somebody/somewhere) |
apporter sa pierre à l'édifice verbe | do one's bit(to make an individual contribution toward an overall effort) |
colporter verbe | peddle [peddled, peddling, peddles]◼◼◼(to sell things, especially door to door) peddle [peddled, peddling, peddles]◼◼◼(to spread or cause to spread) |
comporter verbe | entail [entailed, entailing, entails]◼◼◼(to imply or require) |
déporter verbe | deport [deported, deporting, deports]◼◼◼(to evict, especially from a country) expel [expelled, expelling, expels]◼◼◻(to deport) |
emporter verbe | carry on◼◼◼(to take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it) beguile [beguiled, beguiling, beguiles](to charm, delight, or captivate) |
exporter verbe | export [exported, exporting, exports]◼◼◼(computing: send (data) from one program to another) export [exported, exporting, exports]◼◼◼(to cause to spread in another part of the world) export [exported, exporting, exports]◼◼◼(to sell (goods) to a foreign country) output [outputted, outputting, outputs]◼◼◻(send data to out of a computer) |
faire porter le chapeau (lit. verbe | leave someone holding the bag(leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame) |
héliporter verbe | helicopter◼◼◼(to transport by helicopter) |
importer verbe | import [imported, importing, imports]◼◼◼(to be important) import [imported, importing, imports]◼◼◼(to bring in from a foreign country) |