| Principales traductions |
| confiner⇒ vtr | (enfermer) (formal) | confine⇒ vtr |
| | | shut⇒ vtr |
| | | send⇒ vtr |
| | Ils ont confiné le soldat à la caserne pendant deux semaines. Comme punition, sa mère le confinait dans sa chambre. |
| | They confined the soldier to barracks for two weeks. |
| | As a punishment, his mother shut him in his room. |
| | As a punishment, his mother would send him to his room. |
| confiner à [qch] vtr ind | soutenu (être proche de) (figurative) | be close to [sth], come close to [sth] v expr |
| | (figurative) | border on [sth], verge on [sth] vtr phrasal insep |
| | Son air hautain confinait à l'arrogance. |
| | Her haughty manner was (or: came) close to arrogance. |
| | Her haughty manner bordered (or: verged) on arrogance. |
| se confiner⇒ v pron | (s'enfermer) | shut yourself away, shut yourself up v expr |
| | (figurative, informal) | stay cooped up v expr |
| | (due to regulations) | spend lockdown vtr + n |
| | L'écrivain ne sortait plus et se confinait chez lui. |
| | Durant l'épidémie, cet étudiant a fait le choix de se confiner seul dans son appartement plutôt qu'à la campagne avec ses parents. |
| | He never went out anymore and shut himself away at home. |
| | During the epidemic, the student chose to spend lockdown on his own in his flat, rather than in the countryside with his parents. |
| se confiner à [qch]⇒ v pron | (se limiter à) | limit yourself to [sth], restrict yourself to [sth] v expr |
| | (informal) | stick to [sth] vtr phrasal insep |
| | La jeune femme ne prenait aucune initiative et se confinait à son travail. |
| | The young woman showed no initiative and limited (or: restricted) herself to her work. |
| | The young woman never took any initiative and stuck to her work. |