daresay in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for daresay in the English»French Dictionary

daresay Brit

daresay → dare

See also dare

I.dare [Brit dɛː, Am dɛr] N

dare

défi m

to do sth for a dare

faire qc pour répondre à un défi

II.dare [Brit dɛː, Am dɛr] VB mod

1. dare (to have the courage to):

dare

oser (do, to do faire)

few dare (to) speak out

peu de personnes osent s'exprimer

nobody dared ask

personne n'a osé demander

the article dares to criticize

l'article n'hésite pas à critiquer

I'd never dare say it to her

je n'oserais jamais le lui dire

we wanted to watch but didn't dare

nous aurions voulu regarder mais n'avons pas osé

they don't dare or daren't Brit take the risk

ils n'osent pas prendre le risque

read on if you dare hum

continuez, si vous l'osez

dare we follow their example? form

aurons-nous le courage de suivre leur exemple?

dare I say it

il faut bien le dire

I dare say or I daresay Brit that …

je suppose que …

he's right, I dare say or daresay Brit

je suppose qu'il a raison

I dare say! or I daresay! Brit (sarcastically)

certes!

2. dare (expressing anger, indignation):

dare

oser (do faire)

they wouldn't dare! (rejecting suggestion)

ils n'oseraient pas!

he wouldn't dare show his face here!

il n'oserait pas se pointer ici! inf

don't (you) dare speak to me like that!

je t'interdis de me parler sur ce ton!

don't you dare! (warning)

ne t'avise pas de faire ça!

how dare you suggest that …

comment oses-tu insinuer que …

how dare you!

comment tu oses!, comment osez-vous!

III.dare [Brit dɛː, Am dɛr] VB trans

to dare sb to do

défier qn de faire

I dare you to say it to her!

chiche que tu le lui dises! inf

go on, I dare you!

chiche que tu y vas! inf

IV.dare [Brit dɛː, Am dɛr]

who dares wins

la fortune appartient aux audacieux prov

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I dare say or I daresay Brit that …

je suppose que …

he's right, I dare say or daresay Brit

je suppose qu'il a raison

I dare say! or I daresay! Brit (sarcastically)

certes!

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

We daresay it's the hero of this dish.

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I daresay it's a bit like learning to code if you're into computers.

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I daresay they wouldn't want to merger now -- what with all the pensions obligations and all the rest.

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I daresay that kind of conservatism would be foreign to a great many self-described conservatives.

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Some of them, we daresay, are as controversial as they are long-standing and hence require some final, definitive resolution.

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I daresay the memorial trustees are not as slick as professional event organisers, and may have underestimated the scale of the occasion they had created.

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I daresay that his efforts that day on that surface against those bowlers could not have been bettered by any of the game's great batsmen.

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I daresay it is almost as important as the network of public roads in our country.

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But, we daresay that its gorgeous and gargantuan gross income has made its producers feel like winners in their own right!

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I daresay, maybe one of the largest delegations in the world.

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