Grammatical class

Verb

renverser

(transitive) to turn over, turn upside down

Details

Syllables

ren-ver-ser

Phonetics

ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.se

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

6419

Freq. (movies)

4983

Freq. (news)

7555

Sentences

Renverser son adversaire

To knock one's opponent to the floor

A1

Renverser un homme

To run over a man

A1

Je vais renverser le dictateur.

I will overthrow the dictator.

A1

Je viens de renverser mon café.

I've just spilt my coffee.

A1

Il est temps de renverser la vapeur.

It's time to reverse the trend.

A1

Il a vraiment failli se faire renverser.

He narrowly escaped being run over.

A1

Le peuple veut renverser le régime.

The people want to overthrow the regime.

A2

C'est renverser l'ordre logique des choses.

That's reversing the logical order of things.

A2

Renverser le mélange

To turn the mixture over

B1

On ne peut renverser les dictateurs lors des élections, on doit les jeter dehors.

Dictators can't be voted out, they must be thrown out.

B1