WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2025:
| Principales traductions |
| arroser [qch]⇒ vtr | (nourrir en eau) (plants) | water⇒ vtr |
| | (lightly) | spray⇒, sprinkle⇒ vtr |
| | (with hosepipe) | hose⇒ vtr |
| | Il faut arroser les radis tous les jours. |
| | You need to water the radishes every day. |
| arroser [qqn] vtr | (mouiller) | spray [sb] with water v expr |
| | L'arroseur automatique mal réglé m'a arrosé quand je suis passé à côté. Les petits garçons arrosaient les passants. |
| | The badly set automatic sprinkler sprayed me with water when I walked past it. The little boys were spraying passers-by with water. |
| arroser [qch] vtr | (Cuisine : mouiller) | baste⇒ vtr |
| | (cookery) | moisten⇒ vtr |
| | Les chefs arrosent les rôtis avec leur jus de cuisson. |
| | Chefs baste roasts with their cooking juices. |
| arroser [qch] vtr | (cours d'eau : traverser) (river) | run through vi + prep |
| | (Geography) | water⇒ vtr |
| | La Seine arrose Paris. |
| | The Seine runs through Paris. |
| arroser [qch] vtr | figuré (fêter) | drink to [sth] vtr phrasal insep |
| | | toast⇒ vtr |
| | | drink a toast to [sth], raise a glass to [sth] v expr |
| | | celebrate⇒ vtr |
| | La famille de Julien a arrosé son diplôme. |
| | They drank to his passing his diploma. |
| s'arroser⇒ v pron | (avoir besoin d'eau) (plants) | need watering v expr |
| | Ces fleurs s'arrosent seulement une fois par semaine. |
| | These flowers only need watering once a week. |
| s'arroser v pron | familier (se fêter) (informal) | call for a drink v expr |
| | | be a cause for celebration v expr |
| | Il a eu une promotion, ça s'arrose ! |
| | He's been promoted. That calls for a drink! |
| Traductions supplémentaires |
| s'arroser v pron | familier (se servir) | help yourself vtr + refl |
| | (with money) | line your own pockets v expr |
| | Ce chef s'arrose toujours avant de penser à ses subordonnés. |
| | The boss helps himself before he thinks of his employees. |
| arroser [qqn] vtr | familier (corrompre) | bribe⇒ vtr |
| | (figurative) | grease [sb]'s palm v expr |
| | (UK, figurative) | give [sb] a sweetener, offer [sb] a sweetener v expr |
| | Il faudra que tu arroses le responsable si tu veux entrer ici. |
| | You'll need to grease the manager's palm if you want to get in here. |
| arroser [qqn/qch] vtr | (mitrailler abondamment) | spray [sb/sth] with gunfire v expr |
| | Les militaires arrosèrent les contre-révolutionnaires. |
| | The soldiers sprayed the counter-revolutionaries with gunfire. |
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