Grammatical class

Verb

surmonter

(transitive) to overcome, to surmount, to get over

Details

Syllables

sur-mon-ter

Phonetics

syʁ.mɔ̃.te

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

9048

Freq. (movies)

5720

Freq. (news)

7388

Sentences

Ils peuvent surmonter leur peur.

They can overcome their fear.

A1

Tu dois surmonter les difficultés.

You must overcome the difficulties.

A1

Il faut surmonter beaucoup de reproches.

There's plenty of blame to go around.

A1

Il dut surmonter de nombreuses difficultés.

He had to go through a lot of hardships.

A1

Tu dois surmonter ta peur de l'obscurité.

You must conquer your fear of the dark.

A2

Elle ne put surmonter la mort de son mari.

She could not get over her husband's death.

A2

Elle l'a aidé à surmonter sa tristesse.

She helped him overcome his sadness.

B1

Il m'a aidé à surmonter les difficultés.

He helped me to overcome the difficulties.

B1

Bob doit surmonter cette épreuve tout seul.

Bob has to get through this ordeal on his own.

B1

Comment puis-je surmonter cette difficulté ?

How can I overcome this difficulty?

B1

Les défis sont intimidants mais nous pouvons les surmonter.

The challenges are daunting, but we can overcome them.

B2

Nous nous entraidâmes pour surmonter les difficultés.

We helped each other to overcome the difficulties.

C2