Grammatical class

Verb

redresser

(transitive) to straighten (up)

Details

Syllables

re-dres-ser

Phonetics

ʁə.dʁe.se

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

6046

Freq. (movies)

10676

Freq. (news)

6306

Sentences

Je ne peux pas me redresser.

I can't stand up.

A1

Il nous faut redresser nos torts.

We have to put right what we have done wrong.

A1

Le tableau est de travers. Peux-tu le redresser ?

The picture is wonky. Could you straighten it?

A1

Redresser l’économie

To put the economy back on its feet

B1

La loi est censée redresser des décennies de discrimination à l'encontre des minorités ethniques du pays.

The law is meant to redress decades of discrimination against the country's ethnic minorities.

B2