What does retomber in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word retomber in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use retomber in French.
The word retomber in French means fall again, land, fall, drop, subside, wane, fall on, collapse, flop, deflate, regress to childhood, come back to bite, land on your feet, fall on your feet, land on your feet, fall on your feet, land on your feet. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word retomber
fall againverbe intransitif (tomber à nouveau) Après sa première chute hier, Régis est retombé ce matin en se levant. Having first fallen yesterday, Régis fell over again this morning as he was getting up. |
landverbe intransitif (toucher le sol après un saut) (intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.") J'ai voulu sauter par-dessus la barrière mais je suis mal retombé et je me suis foulé la cheville. I tried to jump over the fence, but I landed badly and sprained my ankle. |
fall, dropverbe intransitif (tomber après avoir été levé) (intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.") Le couvercle du coffre à jouets a failli retomber sur la tête de la petite fille. The lid of the toy box almost fell on the little girl's head. |
subside, waneverbe intransitif (être moins intense) (intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.") Au bout de cinq minutes, sa colère était retombée. Après plusieurs déconvenues, l'enthousiasme du début est retombé. After five minutes, his anger had subsided. // Following several disappointments, his initial enthusiasm has waned. |
fall on(se reporter sur) (figurative: blame) (phrasal verb, transitive, inseparable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, not divisible--for example,"go with" [=combine nicely]: "Those red shoes don't go with my dress." NOT [S]"Those red shoes don't go my dress with."[/S]) C'est mon frère qui fait des bêtises mais c'est toujours sur moi que ça retombe. My brother is the one who does stupid things, but the blame always falls on me. |
collapse, flop, deflatelocution verbale (ne plus être sujet de discussion) (intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.") |
regress to childhoodlocution verbale (figuré (retrouver les plaisirs de l'enfance) |
come back to bite(très familier (problème : concerner [qqn]) (informal, figurative) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
land on your feetlocution verbale (animal : bien atterrir) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") On dit souvent que les chats retombent toujours sur leurs pattes. |
fall on your feet, land on your feetlocution verbale (figuré (se sortir d'une mauvaise situation) (figurative) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
fall on your feet, land on your feetlocution verbale (bien s'en sortir) (figurative) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
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