Grammatical class

Verb

pendre

(ambitransitive) to hang

Details

Syllables

pen-dre

Phonetics

pɑ̃dʁ

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

5884

Freq. (movies)

3232

Freq. (news)

23154

Sentences

Va te pendre.

Go die in a fire.

A1

Va te faire pendre.

Go play in traffic.

A1

Ils vont pendre Tom.

They're going to hang Tom.

A1

Nous allons les pendre.

We were going to hang them.

A1

Tom se demandait où pendre son manteau.

Tom wondered where to hang up his coat.

A2

Ô Pauline, pendus à tes bottines, les garçons passaient tous à côté de moi.

Oh Pauline, the boys were all hung up on your ankle boots, and they took no notice of me.

B1

Plutôt me pendre que de devenir bourreau.

I'd rather be hanged than be a hangman.

B1