péter

péter [pete]

➭ TABLE 6

1. intransitive verb

   a. [personne] (inf!) to fart (inf!)

   b. [détonation] (inf) to go off ; [tuyau, ballon] (inf) to burst ; [ficelle] (inf) to snap

• un jour ça va péter ( = mal aller) one day all hell's going to break loose (inf)

2. transitive verb

(inf)

   a. [+ ficelle] to snap

• péter la gueule à qn (inf!) to smash sb's face in (inf)

• se péter la gueule (inf!) ( = tomber) to fall flat on one's face ; ( = s'enivrer) to get plastered (inf!)

   b. (locutions) péter le feu [personne] to be full of go (inf)

• péter la santé to be bursting with health

• il pète la forme (inf) he's on top form

• ça va péter des flammes there's going to be a heck of a row (inf)

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pete
1.

(colloq) verbe transitif (casser) to bust (colloq) [appareil]; to snap [fil]

2.

verbe intransitif

1) (sl) (lâcher un pet) to fart (colloq)

2) (colloq) (éclater) lit [ballon, tuyau] to burst; [explosif] to go off; fig to blow up

3) (casser) [appareil, lampe] to bust (colloq); [fil] to snap; [couture] to burst

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péter le feu — (colloq) [personne] to be full of beans (colloq)

péter la santé — (colloq) to be bursting with health

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pete *

1. vi

1) (= laisser échapper un pet) to fart *

2) (= se rompre) [câble] to snap

Attention, le câble risque de péter. — Watch out, it looks like the cable's going to snap.

3) (= exploser) [pneu, ballon, sac] to burst, [bombe] to go off, to explode

L'obus a pété avec un bruit sec. — The shell went off with a bang.

2. vt

(= casser) [vitre, appareil, clef] to bust * to break

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péter verb table: céder

A ○vtr (casser) to break, to bust○ [appareil, circuit]; to snap [cordon, fil]; péter la gueule à qn◑ to beat the hell out of sb◑.

B vi

1 ◑(lâcher un pet) to fart○;

2 ○(éclater) [ballon, tuyau] to burst; [explosif] to go off; l'arme lui a pété à la figure the weapon went off in his face; faire péter une grenade/un pétard to let off a grenade/a banger GB ou firecracker US; la situation est grave, ça va péter d'un jour à l'autre fig the situation is serious, it could blow up any day now;

3 (casser) [appareil, circuit, crayon, lampe] to break, to bust○; [cordon, fil] to snap; [bouton, couture] to burst.

C se péter◑ vpr (se casser) [appareil, circuit, crayon, lampe] to break, to bust○; [cordon, fil] to snap; se péter la gueule (avoir un accident) to get smashed up; (se soûler) to get pissed◑ GB ou stoned◑ US; (se droguer) to get high○; être pété (soûl) to be pissed GB ou stoned US; (drogué) to be high○.

Idiomes

envoyer qn péter○ to send sb packing○; péter le feu○ [personne] to be full of beans; ça va péter le feu○ there's going to be all hell let loose○; péter la santé○ to be bursting with health; vouloir péter plus haut que son cul◑ to be too big for one's boots; péter dans la soie◑ to live in the lap of luxury.

[pete] (familier) verbe intransitif

1. (familier) [faire un pet] to fart

péter plus haut que son cul (très familier) to be full of oneself

péter dans la soie (très familier) to be rolling in money

2. [exploser] to blow up

[casser]

la corde a pété the rope snapped

péter dans les mains de quelqu'un (figuré) [projet, affaire] to fall through

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[pete] (familier) verbe transitif

1. [casser] to break, to bust

péter la gueule à quelqu'un to smash somebody's face in

2. [être plein de]

péter la santé to be bursting with health

péter le feu to be a livewire

péter les plombs ou un boulon (familier) to lose it

3. (Belgique)

il a été pété he failed his exam

4. (locution)

péter un câble to go off the rails

péter des flammes to turn nasty

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se péter (familier) verbe pronominal intransitif

attention, ça va se péter! watch out, it's going to break!

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se péter (familier) verbe pronominal transitif

se péter la jambe/mâchoire to smash one's leg/jaw

se péter la gueule

{{ind}}a. [s'enivrer] to get pissed (très familier) ou plastered (UK)

{{ind}}b. [en voiture] to get smashed up