impress in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for impress in the English»French Dictionary

I.impress N [Brit ˈɪmprɛs, Am ˈɪmˌprɛs] form

impress

empreinte f

II.impress VB trans [Brit ɪmˈprɛs, Am ɪmˈprɛs]

1. impress (arouse respect):

impress person, public, audience, panel

impressionner (with par, by doing en faisant)

to be impressed by or with sb/sth

être impressionné par qn/qc

to be easily impressed

se laisser facilement impressionner

they were (favourably) impressed

ça leur a fait bonne impression

they weren't too impressed by his attitude/with the results

ils n'ont guère apprécié son attitude/les résultats

she/the company is not impressed

elle/la société n'apprécie pas beaucoup

she does it just to impress people

elle ne fait ça que pour la galerie inf

2. impress (emphasize):

to impress sth (up)on sb

faire bien comprendre qc à qn

to impress upon sb that …

faire (bien) comprendre à qn que …

3. impress (imprint):

to impress sth on surface, material

marquer qc sur

to impress sth in wax, plaster

faire une empreinte de qc dans

III.impress VB intr [Brit ɪmˈprɛs, Am ɪmˈprɛs]

impress person, quality, feature:

impress

faire bonne impression

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favourably impress, review

favorablement

greatly admire, regret, influence, impress

beaucoup, énormément

Translations for impress in the French»English Dictionary

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épater

to impress

il cherche à épater ses voisins

he's trying to impress the neighbours Brit

pour épater la galerie inf

(in order) to impress the crowd

impressionner personne

to impress

jeter de la poudre aux yeux

to try to impress

épater qn avec sa science

to blind sb with science, to impress sb with one's knowledge

vouloir en mettre ou en jeter plein la vue à qn

to try to dazzle ou impress sb

il cherchait à les impressionner

he was trying to impress them

impress in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for impress in the English»French Dictionary

I.impress [ɪm·ˈpres] VB trans

1. impress (affect):

impress

impressionner

I'm not impressed by that

ça me laisse froid

sth is impressed on sb's memory

qc est gravé dans la mémoire de qn

2. impress (make realize):

to impress sth on sb

faire comprendre qc à qn

3. impress (stamp):

impress

imprimer

II.impress [ɪm·ˈpres] VB intr

impress

faire impression

Translations for impress in the French»English Dictionary

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impressionner qn

to impress sb

jeter de la poudre aux yeux à qn

to try to impress sb

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Several thousand visitors seemed to have been impressed.

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Still, the young man has given a good account of himself in the fighting and impresses the old soldier.

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Impressing their teacher, they joined many more contests and continued to practice singing.

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Telling them that having inspected the facilities he was less than impressed, and promised to put things right with investment.

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He was impressed by their high standards and applied for a transfer but was rejected.

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His loan was extended to the full 93 days allowed after he impressed during his initial month.

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Don is impressed with her fighting skills and allows her to work for him, without realizing her true intentions.

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Impressed by the script, the producer agrees to the condition.

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The sutures are narrowly impressed, with a rather wide margin below them, which often shows a slight tendency to be tuberculate.

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That his victories were scored in the course of the usual duties of a reconnaissance squadron could not fail to impress.

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