tasser

tasser [tαse]

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1. 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 truck

2. reflexive verb

► se tasser

   a. ( = s'affaisser) [terrain] to subside ; [vieillard, corps] to shrink ; [demande] to slow down

   b. ( = 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 room

   c. ( = s'arranger) (inf) to settle down

• ne vous en faites pas, ça va se tasser don't worry - things will settle down

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tɑse
1.

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

2.

se tasser verbe pronominal

1) (s'affaisser) (avec l'âge) to shrink; (volontairement) to make oneself look smaller

2) (se serrer) [personnes] to squash up

3) (colloq) (se calmer) [conflit] to die down

les choses se sont tassées — things settled down

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tɒse vt

1) [terre, neige] to pack down

2) (= entasser)

tasser qch dans — to cram sth into

3) INFORMATIQUE to pack

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tasser verb table: aimer

A 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 vpr

1 (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 transitif

1. [neige, terre] to pack ou to tamp down (separable)

2. [entasser] to cram, to squeeze

tasse les vêtements dans le sac press the clothes down in the bag

3. [faire paraître plus petit] to shrink

cette robe la tasse that dress makes her look dumpy

4. SPORT to box in (separable)

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[tase] verbe intransitif

HORTICULTURE to thicken

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se tasser verbe pronominal intransitif

1. [s'effondrer - fondations, terrain] to subside

2. [se voûter - personne] to shrink

3. [s'entasser - voyageurs, spectateurs] to cram, to squeeze up

en 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 down

je crois que les choses vont se tasser I think things will settle down

5. [ralentir - demande, vente] to fall, to drop ; [ - production] to slow down

le marché des valeurs s'est tassé the securities market has levelled off