Grammatical class

Verb

abuser

to mislead

Details

Syllables

a-bu-ser

Phonetics

a.by.ze

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

10396

Freq. (movies)

5695

Freq. (news)

17013

Sentences

Mec, t’abuses, ça fait au moins trente minutes que je t’attends !

Dude, you're taking advantage, it's been at least thirty minutes I've been waiting for you!

A1

Je ne veux pas abuser de votre gentillesse.

I don't want to impose on you.

A1

Merci pour votre généreuse invitation mais nous ne voulons pas abuser de votre hospitalité.

Thank you for the generous invitation but we don't want to wear out our welcome.

A1

On dirait que le chef de service aime abuser de son autorité.

The section chief seems to like abusing his authority.

A2

Ne te laisse pas abuser par les apparences !

Don't be fooled by appearances.

B1

Nous ne pouvons pas continuer à nous abuser.

We can't keep on fooling ourselves.

B1

Ne vous laissez pas abuser par les apparences.

Don't be deceived by appearances.

B1

On ne peut abuser que de choses qui sont bonnes.

We can only abuse of things that are good.

B1

Je me suis laissé abuser par ses larmes.

I was a sucker for her tears.

B2

Je refuse de me laisser abuser par sa ruse.

I refuse to be taken in by her guile.

B2