WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2025:
Principales traductions |
cavaler⇒ vi | familier (courir) | run⇒ vi |
| Va le rattraper, tu cavales plus vite que moi ! |
| Go and catch him; you can run faster than me! |
cavaler vi | familier (se dépêcher) (figurative, informal) | run around vi phrasal |
| | rush around vi phrasal |
| (informal) | be on the go v expr |
| Entre toutes les réunions que j'avais, mes projets à finir et les activités de mes enfants, j'ai cavalé toute la journée. |
| With all my meetings, my projects to be finished and my children's activities, I've been running around all day. |
Traductions supplémentaires |
se cavaler⇒ v pron | (s'enfuir) | flee⇒ vi |
| | run away vi + adv |
| (UK, informal) | leg it v expr |
| (UK, informal) | scarper⇒ vi |
| Les cambrioleurs se sont cavalés à l'arrivée de la police. |
| The burglars legged it when the police arrived. |
cavaler vi | vieux (chevaucher) (horse, get on) | mount⇒ vi |
| (horse, be on) | be mounted vi + adj |
| (be on) | sit astride [sth] v expr |
| Les trois mousquetaires cavalèrent pour rattraper l'agent de Richelieu. |
| The three musketeers mounted to catch up with Richelieu's agent. |
cavaler vi | (courir la gueuse) (figurative, slang) | chase skirt v expr |
| (figurative, informal) | chase women, chase girls vtr + npl |
| (figurative, informal) | chase after women, chase after girls v expr |
| Quand il était jeune, Alain cavalait tous les vendredis soir. |
| When he was young, Alan would chase after girls every Friday evening. |
cavaler [qqn] vtr | familier (gêner, déranger [qqn]) | bother⇒, annoy⇒ vtr |
| | get on [sb]'s nerves v expr |
| Il finit par me cavaler ce Frédéric ! |
| That Frederic's starting to bother me! |