Grammatical class

Verb

imposer

to impose

Details

Syllables

im-po-ser

Phonetics

ɛ̃.po.ze

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

2760

Freq. (movies)

4881

Freq. (news)

1714

Sentences

Je ne voulais pas m'imposer.

I didn't want to intrude.

A1

Je ne veux rien vous imposer.

I don't want to force anything on you.

A1

Nous ne devrions pas imposer nos opinions aux autres.

We shouldn't impose our opinions on other people.

A1

Il est inapproprié d'imposer des sanctions sur cette union.

It is improper to impose sanctions upon the union.

A1

Arrête de nous imposer tes idées.

Stop ramming your ideas down our throats.

A2

N'essayez pas d'imposer vos idées aux autres.

Don't try to foist your ideas on others.

A2

Il s’est imposé vendredi devant Beat Feuz.

On Friday he triumphed over Beat Feuz.

B1

Raisonner et se tromper, est-ce en imposer ?

To reason and be mistaken, is that imposture?

B1

Je pense qu'ils devraient imposer une lourde taxe à l'importation.

I think they should put a heavy tax on imports.

B1

Quelques précisions s’imposent.

Some clarifications are called for.

B2

Le régime s’est fait très impopulaire en imposant le vin.

The regime made itself very unpopular by taxing wine.

B2

Il essaie toujours d'imposer sa volonté.

He's always trying to impose his will.

C2