Grammatical class

Verb

reculer

(transitive) to move back, to put back

Details

Syllables

re-cu-ler

Phonetics

ʁə.ky.le

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

3438

Freq. (movies)

5083

Freq. (news)

5148

Sentences

Veuillez reculer.

Please step back.

A1

Tu ferais mieux de reculer.

You'd better back off.

A1

Vous feriez mieux de reculer.

You'd better stand back.

A1

Ne pas avancer, c'est reculer.

Not to advance is to go back.

A1

Parfois, nous devons reculer d'un pas et réfléchir.

Sometimes we need to take a step back and think.

A2

Dites à ces gens de reculer, afin que l'hélicoptère puisse se poser.

Tell those people to back off so that the helicopter can land.

A2

Gunter a commencé à reculer.

Gunter started to back away.

B1

Chaque année la biodiversité continue de reculer.

Biodiversity continues to decline each year.

B1