sapes in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for sapes in the French»English Dictionary

I.sape [sap] N f

1. sape MIL (tranchée):

sape

sap

2. sape (action de saper):

sape lit, fig

sapping

travail de sape TECH

sap digging

travail de sape fig

sabotage

II.sapes N fpl

sapes fpl (vêtements):

sapes inf

clothes

I.saper [sape] VB trans

1. saper (détruire):

saper mur, falaise, moral

to undermine

2. saper (vêtir):

saper inf

to dress

II.se saper VB refl inf

1. se saper (s'habiller):

se saper

to dress

être bien/mal sapé

to be well/badly dressed

2. se saper (s'habiller bien):

se saper

to dress up to the nines inf

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jeter/saper les fondements de

to lay/undermine the foundations of

Translations for sapes in the English»French Dictionary

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undermine cliff, foundations, road

saper

undermine authority, efforts, foundations

saper

stop undermining me!

arrête de saper ce que je fais!

erode fig confidence, authority

saper

wear down resistance, resolve, will

saper

to tog oneself out

se saper inf

sabotage economy

saper

sap strength, courage, confidence

saper

to lower sb's morale

saper le moral de qn

sapes in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for sapes in the French»English Dictionary

saper [sape] VB refl inf

se saper

to get dressed up

Translations for sapes in the English»French Dictionary

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undermine

saper

to erode sb's authority fig

saper l'autorité de qn

undercut

saper

sapes Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

se saper

to get dressed up