| Principales traductions |
| balayer⇒ vtr | (nettoyer avec un balai) | sweep⇒ vtr |
| | Chaque matin, je balaie la cuisine. |
| | Every morning, I sweep the kitchen. |
| balayer vtr | (faire disparaître, chasser) (figurative) | sweep [sth] along vtr + adv |
| | (figurative) | sweep [sth] across somewhere v expr |
| | | sweep [sth] away vtr + adv |
| | | blow [sth] away vtr + adv |
| | Le vent d'automne balaie les nuages. |
| | The autumn wind sweeps the clouds along. |
| | The autumn wind sweeps the clouds across the sky. |
| Traductions supplémentaires |
| balayer vtr | (pousser, écarter au moyen d'un balai) | sweep [sth] up vtr + adv |
| | | sweep [sth] away vtr + adv |
| | En automne, tu balayes les feuilles mortes. |
| | In autumn, you sweep the dead leaves up. |
| balayer vtr | figuré (éliminer, faire disparaître [qch]) (figurative) | sweep [sth] away vtr + adv |
| | (figurative) | wipe [sth] out vtr phrasal sep |
| | (figurative) | banish⇒ vtr |
| | Ses arguments ont balayé notre résistance. |
| | Her arguments swept our resistance away. |
| balayer vtr | figuré, familier (renvoyer, congédier) (informal) | fire⇒ vtr |
| | (UK, informal) | sack⇒ vtr |
| | | dismiss⇒ vtr |
| | (informal) | get rid of [sb] v expr |
| | Le nouveau directeur a balayé toute la vieille équipe. |
| | The new director fired all of the old team. |
| balayer vtr | figuré (oublier, chasser de sa mémoire) (figurative) | sweep [sth] away vtr + adv |
| | (figurative) | brush [sth] aside vtr + adv |
| | Balayées les amours, avec leurs trémolos, balayés pour toujours, je repars à zéro (E.Piaf) |
| | Swept away my love stories, with their tremblings, swept away forever, I begin again. |
| balayer vtr | (éclairer grâce à un faisceau lumineux) (light) | sweep⇒ vtr |
| | Le phare balaye la côte. |
| | The light from the lighthouse swept the coast. |