- tasser
- tasser [tαse]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verb( = comprimer) [+ sol, neige] to pack down ; [+ foin, paille] to pack• tasser des vêtements dans une valise to cram clothes into a suitcase• tasser le contenu d'une valise to squash down the contents of a suitcase• tasser des prisonniers dans un camion to cram prisoners into a truck2. reflexive verb► se tassera. ( = s'affaisser) [terrain] to subside ; [vieillard, corps] to shrink ; [demande] to slow downb. ( = se serrer) to bunch up• on s'est tassé à dix dans la voiture ten of us crammed into the car• tassez-vous, il y a encore de la place squeeze up, there's still roomc. ( = s'arranger) (inf) to settle down• ne vous en faites pas, ça va se tasser don't worry - things will settle down* * *tɑse
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verbe transitif to press down [terre]; to tamp down [tabac]; to pack down [paille]; to pack [habits, gens]; to cram [bagages]les passagers étaient tassés — the passengers were packed in tightly
l'accident lui a tassé les vertèbres — the accident has given him/her compression of the vertebrae
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se tasser verbe pronominal1) (s'affaisser) (avec l'âge) to shrink; (volontairement) to make oneself look smaller2) (se serrer) [personnes] to squash up3) (colloq) (se calmer) [conflit] to die downles choses se sont tassées — things settled down
* * *tɒse vt1) [terre, neige] to pack down2) (= entasser)tasser qch dans — to cram sth into
3) INFORMATIQUE to pack* * *tasser verb table: aimerA vtr to press down [terre]; to tamp down [tabac] (dans in); to pack down [foin, paille]; to pack [habits] (dans in); to cram [bagages] (dans into; sous under); to pack [gens] (dans into); les passagers étaient tassés the passengers were packed in tightly; le sport/l'accident lui a tassé les vertèbres sport/the accident has given him/her compression of the vertebrae.B se tasser vpr1 (s'affaisser) (avec l'âge) to shrink; (volontairement) to make oneself look smaller;2 (se serrer) [personnes] to squash up, to squeeze up; il va falloir se tasser dans la voiture we'll have to squash ou squeeze up in the car;3 ○(se calmer) [histoire, rumeur, conflit] to die down; au bout de trois mois les choses se sont tassées after three months things settled down.[tase] verbe transitif1. [neige, terre] to pack ou to tamp down (separable)2. [entasser] to cram, to squeezetasse les vêtements dans le sac press the clothes down in the bag3. [faire paraître plus petit] to shrinkcette robe la tasse that dress makes her look dumpy4. SPORT to box in (separable)————————[tase] verbe intransitifHORTICULTURE to thicken————————se tasser verbe pronominal intransitif1. [s'effondrer - fondations, terrain] to subside2. [se voûter - personne] to shrink3. [s'entasser - voyageurs, spectateurs] to cram, to squeeze upen se tassant on peut tenir à quatre à l'arrière (de la voiture) if we squeeze up, four of us can get in the back (of the car)4. (familier) [s'arranger - situation] to settle downje crois que les choses vont se tasser I think things will settle down5. [ralentir - demande, vente] to fall, to drop ; [ - production] to slow downle marché des valeurs s'est tassé the securities market has levelled off
Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. 2013.