Grammatical class

Verb

stopper

to stop, in regard to motors and machines

Details

Syllables

s-top-per

Phonetics

sto.pe

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

13059

Freq. (movies)

6432

Freq. (news)

5861

Sentences

J'essaye de stopper Tom.

I'm trying to stop Tom.

A1

Tu pourrais stopper ceci.

You could stop this.

A1

Je ne peux pas stopper Tom.

I can't stop Tom.

A1

Comment vas-tu stopper Tom ?

How are you going to stop Tom?

A1

On a essayé de te stopper.

We tried to stop you.

A2

Si j'avais su ce que tu allais faire, j'aurais essayé de te stopper.

If I'd known what you were going to do, I'd've tried to stop you.

B1

Il faut stopper cette hostilité permanente

This permanent hostility must be stopped.

B2

Il avait stoppé un coquet gnon derrière les oreilles, mais il n’était pas mort.

He'd taken a nice, hard punch behind his ears, but he wasn't dead.

B2

Je ne peux pas le stopper.

I can't stop him.

C1