supportait in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.supporter¹ [sypɔʀte] VB trans

1. supporter (soutenir) structure, colonne, pilier:

supporter toiture, édifice

to support, to bear the weight of

2. supporter (prendre en charge):

supporter frais, dépenses

to bear

3. supporter (endurer):

supporter privations, malheur

to put up with, to endure

supporter attitude, conduite, brimade, sarcasme

to put up with

supporter souffrance, solitude

to bear, to endure

supporter personne

to put up with

elle ne supporte plus son mari

she can't stand her husband any more

il ne supporte pas ce genre de musique/vantardise

he can't stand this sort of music/boasting

elle ne supporte pas d'attendre/la vue du sang

she can't stand waiting/the sight of blood

4. supporter (accepter):

supporter

to put up with

elle supporte tout de lui

she puts up with ou takes anything from him

je ne supporte pas qu'elle me réponde sur ce ton

I won't stand for her taking that tone with me

il a mal supporté tes critiques

he found your criticisms hard to take

5. supporter (subir sans dommages):

supporter plante: froid, chaleur

to withstand

personne: elle supporte bien la chaleur

she can take ou stand the heat

elle supporte mal la chaleur

she can't take the heat, the heat doesn't agree with her

il ne supporte pas l'aspirine

aspirin doesn't agree with him

il a bien supporté son opération

he came through the operation well

il n'a pas supporté l'opération

he didn't come through the operation

ce plat supporte la chaleur

this dish is heat-resistant

il a bien supporté le traitement

he reacted well to the treatment

il a bien supporté le voyage

he stood the journey well

il ne supporterait pas le voyage

he couldn't manage the journey

il ne fait pas très froid, mais on supporte un pull

it's not very cold but you need a sweater

je supporterais bien un pull

I could do with a sweater

II.se supporter VB refl

se supporter refl:

ils ne peuvent plus se supporter

they can't stand each other any more

supporter², supporteur [sypɔʀtœʀ] N mf

supporter

supporter

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tolerate temperature, isolation, trait, treatment

supporter

to tolerate doing

supporter de faire

tolerate drug, treatment

tolérer, supporter

endure behaviour, sight, lifestyle, person

supporter

football supporter

supporter m de foot inf

supporter SPORTS

supporter m

resent change, system

mal supporter

to resent having to do

ne pas supporter de faire

to resent sb doing

ne pas supporter que qn fasse

he resented her being better paid

il ne supportait pas qu'elle soit mieux payée que lui

to resent the fact that …

ne pas supporter le fait que …

Blairite

supporter mf de Tony Blair

can't abide

ne pouvoir pas supporter

I can't abide sth/doing

je ne peux pas supporter qc/de faire

it was too painful to bear

c'était trop dur or pénible à supporter

supportait in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for supportait in the French»English Dictionary

I.supporter¹ [sypɔʀte] VB trans

1. supporter (psychiquement):

supporter

to bear

supporter de +infin

to bear to +infin

il supporte mal supporter/ne supporte pas supporter qu'elle fasse qc (subj)

he can hardly bear/can't bear her doing sth

je ne peux pas le supporter

I can't bear it

2. supporter (physiquement):

supporter alcool, chaleur

to tolerate

supporter douleur, opération

to stand

elle ne supporte pas supporter l'avion/la vue du sang

she can't stand planes/the sight of blood

supporter la chaleur plat

to be heat-proof

3. supporter (subir):

supporter affront, avanies, échec

to suffer

supporter les conséquences de qc

to suffer [or endure] the consequences of sth

4. supporter (soutenir):

supporter pilier

to support

5. supporter SPORTS:

supporter qn/qc (donner son appui)

to support sb/sth

II.supporter¹ [sypɔʀte] VB refl

se supporter

to stand each other

supporter² (-trice) [sypɔʀtɛʀ] N m, supporteur [sypɔʀtœʀ, -tʀis] N m, f

supporter (-trice)

supporter

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well-wisher

supporter mf

follower

supporter mf

bear with

supporter

supporter

supporter(-trice) m (f)

a Bristol Rovers supporter

un supporter des Bristol Rovers

stand for

supporter

abide

supporter

to cope with sth

supporter qc

to bear comparison with sb/sth

supporter la comparaison avec qn/qc

supportait Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

supporter de +infin

to bear to +infin

il supporte mal supporter/ne supporte pas supporter qu'elle fasse qc (subj)

he can hardly bear/can't bear her doing sth

je ne peux pas le supporter

I can't bear it

supporter la chaleur plat

to be heat-proof

supporter les conséquences de qc

to suffer [or endure] the consequences of sth

supporter qn/qc (donner son appui)

to support sb/sth

se supporter

to stand each other

il a du mal à supporter qc

he has difficulty putting up with sth

ne pas supporter de faire qc

to not be able to stand doing sth

ne pas supporter que qn fasse qc subj

to not be able to stand sb doing sth