| Principales traductions |
| suffire⇒ vi | (être assez) | be enough vi + adj |
| | (informal) | do⇒ vi |
| | (formal) | suffice⇒ vi |
| | Quinze jours de vacances suffiront. |
| | A fortnight's holiday will be enough. |
| suffire vi | (être nécessaire) | be enough vi + adj |
| | (formal) | suffice⇒ vi |
| | Avec l'informatique, un clic suffit. |
| | With modern technology, one click is enough. |
| suffire à [qqn] vtr ind | (être en assez grande quantité) | be enough vi + adj |
| | (informal) | do⇒ vi |
| | (formal) | suffice⇒ vi |
| | Cela me suffira pour préparer le repas. |
| | Three pounds of potatoes will be enough to make the meal. |
| suffire à [qch] vtr ind | (être assez pour [qch]) | be enough for [sth], be enough to do [sth] v expr |
| | (informal) | do for [sth] vi + prep |
| | (formal) | suffice for [sth] vi + prep |
| | (formal) | suffice to do [sth] v expr |
| | Cette quantité suffira à la demande. |
| | This amount will suffice to meet demand. |
| suffire de faire [qch] loc v impers | (ne pas avoir plus à faire que) (personal construction) | just have to do [sth], just need to do [sth] v expr |
| | (personal construction) | only have to do [sth], only need to do [sth] v expr |
| | (personal construction: slightly formal) | need only do [sth] v expr |
| | | all you have to do is do [sth], all you need to do is do [sth] expr |
| | Il suffit de traverser deux rues pour arriver au cinéma. |
| | You only have to cross two roads to get to the cinema. |
| suffire que [qqn] fasse [qch] pour que [qqn] fasse [qch] loc v impers | (ne pas avoir plus à faire que) (personal construction) | just have to do [sth] and [sb] does [sth], just have to do [sth] for [sb] to do [sth] v expr |
| | (personal construction) | only have to do [sth] for [sb] to do [sth], only have to do [sth] and [sb] does [sth] v expr |
| | (personal construction) | only need to do [sth] for [sb] to do [sth], only need to do [sth] and [sb] does [sth] v expr |
| | | all [sb] has to do is do [sth] for [sb] to do [sth], all [sb] has to do is do [sth] and [sb] does [sth] expr |
| | Il suffisait que la fille la plus populaire du lycée claque des doigts pour que tous les garçons fassent ce qu'elle voulait. |
| | The most popular girl in school just has to click her fingers and all the boys do what she wants. |
| se suffire à soi-même⇒ v pron | (être autonome) | be self-sufficient vi + adj |
| | | be independent vi + adj |
| | (figurative) | stand on your own two feet v expr |
| | Depuis que David travaille, il se suffit à lui-même. |
| | David has been self-sufficient since he began earning. |