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