trinquer

trinquer [tʀɛ̃ke]

➭ TABLE 1 intransitive verb

   a. ( = porter un toast) to clink glasses ; ( = boire) to drink

• trinquer à qch to drink to sth

• trinquer à la santé de qn to drink sb's health

   b. ( = être puni) (inf) to take the rap (inf)

• il a trinqué pour les autres he took the rap for the others (inf)

• quand les parents boivent, les enfants trinquent when the parents drink, it's the children who pay the price

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tʀɛ̃ke

verbe intransitif

1) gén to clink glasses

trinquer avec quelqu'un — lit to clink glasses with somebody; fig to go drinking with somebody

trinquer à quelque chose — to drink to something

trinquons à ta réussite! — let's drink to your success!

2) (colloq) (boire avec excès) to booze (colloq)

3) (colloq) (subir les conséquences de quelque chose) to pay the price; (être puni) to take the rap (colloq)

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tʀɛ̃ke vi

1) (= porter un toast) to clink glasses

trinquer à qch — to drink to sth

trinquer à la santé de qn — to drink to sb, to drink to sb's health

2) * (= souffrir) to cop it *

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trinquer verb table: aimer vi

1 gén to clink glasses; trinquer avec qn lit to clink glasses with sb; fig to go drinking with sb; trinquer à qch to drink to sth; trinquons à ta réussite! let's drink to your success!;

2 ○(boire avec excès) to booze○;

3 ○(subir les conséquences de qch) to pay the price; (être puni) to take the rap○; les parents boivent, les enfants trinquent the parents drink and the children pay the price; ils sont tous responsables mais lui seul a trinqué they are all to blame but he took the rap○.

[trɛ̃ke] verbe intransitif

1. [choquer les verres]

trinquer à quelque chose/quelqu'un to drink (a toast) to something/somebody

trinquons! let's drink to that!

2. (familier) [subir un dommage] to get the worst of it, to get it in the neck, to cop it (UK)

c'est lui qui va trinquer he'll be the one who suffers

3. (familier) [boire] to drink