What does matraque in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word matraque in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use matraque in French.
The word matraque in French means baton, club, bludgeon, lay into, bombard, overwhelm, rip off, blow, overcharging. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word matraque
batonnom féminin (gourdin) (police) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Les forces de l'ordre ont dispersé les manifestants à coups de matraque. Law enforcement used batons to disperse the demonstrators. |
club, bludgeonverbe transitif (rosser avec une matraque) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Les policiers ont matraqué les manifestants pour libérer la place. The police officers clubbed the demonstrators in order to clear the square. |
lay intoverbe transitif (figuré (critiquer fortement) (phrasal verb, transitive, inseparable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, not divisible--for example,"go with" [=combine nicely]: "Those red shoes don't go with my dress." NOT [S]"Those red shoes don't go my dress with."[/S]) L'opposition a matraqué la dernière décision du gouvernement. The opposition really laid into the government's latest decision. |
bombard, overwhelmverbe transitif (figuré (abreuver, submerger) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") La télévision nous matraque de sollicitations commerciales. The television bombards us with advertising messages. |
rip offverbe transitif (familier (exagérer une addition) (slang) (phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.") Ce restaurateur nous a pris pour des touristes, il nous a matraqués. That restaurant owner must have thought we were tourists. He ripped us off. |
blownom masculin (frappe avec une matraque) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
overchargingnom masculin (figuré, familier (addition trop chère) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
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