Verbs C Flashcards
Cacher
to hide
Calciner
to burn to a cinder
Calculer
to calculate, work out
Caler
to wedge, chock; to prop up; (motor) to stall; (informal) to be full, to have eaten enough
Calfeutrer
to draft-proof; to fill, stop up
Calmer
to calm, pacify, subdue, quiet down; to soothe, ease; to appease, quench
Calquer
to trace, copy exactly; to translate literally
Cancaner
to gossip; (duck) to quack
Cantonner
to quarter, billet, station; to confine
Carburer (familiar)
to use as fuel, live on; to work quickly
Cartonner
to bind (hardcover book); (informal) to smash into; to do brilliantly
Casser
to break
Causer
to cause, bring about; (informal) to talk, chat, gossip
Céder
to give up, dispose of
Ceindre
to encircle, tie around; to don, put on
Célébrer
to celebrate
Certifier
to certify
Cesser
to cease
Chahuter
to create an uproar, to mess around
Chanceler
to totter, wobble
Changer
to change
Chanter
to sing
Charger
to charge
Charrier
to cart, carry (along); (informal) to tease, kid; (familiar) to go too far, overstep
Chasser
to hunt, chase
Châtier (formal)
to chastise, punish; to polish, refine
Chatouiller (informal)
to tickle
Chauffer
to warm (up), heat (up); (inf) to prepare, cram, train; to annoy; (fam) to flirt, hit on
Chausser
to put shoes on
Chavirer
to capsize; to fall over, overturn
Chercher
to look for
Chérir (literary)
to cherish, treasure, hold dear
Chiffonner
to crumple, crease; (inf) to bother, worry
Choisir
to choose
Chômer
to be idle, inactive; to be unemployed
Choper (informal)
to steal, pinch, nick; to catch
Choquer
to shock, offend
Chuchoter
to whisper, murmur
Chuter
to fall, to fail
Cibler
to target
Circonscrire
to confine, contain (an outbreak); to define, delimit
Circonvenir
to circumvent, get around, avoid
Circuler
to circulate, move, go
Cirer
to wax, polish; (inf) to kiss up to
Ciseler
to chisel, carve
Citer
to cite, quote; (law) to summon
Claquer
to bang; to flap (flag); to crack (whip); to snap, break; (inf) to be great; (fam) to die
Classer
to classify, file, grade; to close (a dossier)
Classifier
to classify
Cliquer
to click
Clocher (informal)
to be cockeyed, defective, to have something go wrong
Clore
to close, end, conclude
Cocher
to check/tick (a box, an item in a list); to notch
Cogner
to knock (into), bang, hammer, pound; (fam) to beat up
Coiffer
to do s.o.’s hair; to put a hat on s.o.; to top, cover (a mountain); to head up, be responsible for; (informal) to nose s.o. out, win by a hair
Coincer
to wedge, jam, get stuck; (informal) to nab
Collectionner
to collect (as a hobby)
Coller
to glue, paste, stick; to press; (inf) to put, shove, dump; to give
Colorier
to color (in)
Coltiner
to carry, lug around
Combattre
to fight, to combat
Combiner
to combine; to devise, think up
Commander
to order
Commencer
to begin, to start
Commettre
to commit (a crime), make (a mistake); (formal) to appoint, nominate