Grammatical class
Verb
surprendre
to surprise
Details
Syllables
sur-pren-dre
Phonetics
syʁ.pʁɑ̃dʁ
Grammatical class
Verb
Freq. (books)
3060
Freq. (movies)
4490
Freq. (news)
6782
Sentences
Plus rien ne me surprend.
Nothing surprises me anymore.
Je veux le surprendre.
I want to surprise him.
Je voulais la surprendre.
I wanted to surprise her.
Je voulais te surprendre.
I wanted to surprise you.
Je pensais te surprendre.
I thought I'd surprise you.
Il ne cesse de me surprendre.
He keeps surprising me.
David voulait surprendre Rima.
David wanted to give Rima a surprise.
Son comportement ne cesse de me surprendre.
His behavior never ceases to surprise me.
J'ignore pourquoi cela devrait me surprendre.
I don't know why that should surprise me.
Le comportement de Tom n’en finit pas de me surprendre.
Tom's behaviour never ceases to amaze me.
Nous avons trouvé des manières intéressantes de la surprendre à son anniversaire.
We came up with some interesting ways to surprise her on her birthday.
L'idée de la surprendre traversa soudain mon esprit.
The idea of surprising her suddenly crossed my mind.