What does s'amuser in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word s'amuser in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use s'amuser in French.
The word s'amuser in French means entertain, have fun, mess around, muck around, mess around by doing , muck around by doing, laugh at, play to the gallery, have fun, have a good time, have a whale of a time. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word s'amuser
entertainverbe transitif (divertir) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Le clown a amusé les enfants toute l'après-midi. The clown entertained the children all afternoon. |
have funverbe pronominal (se divertir) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") Les enfants s'amusent dans leur chambre. The children are having fun in their room. |
mess around, muck aroundverbe pronominal (perdre son temps en futilités) (phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up.") Si tu travaillais plus au lieu de t'amuser, tu aurais de meilleures notes. If you worked more, instead of mucking around, you would have better marks. |
mess around by doing , muck around by doingverbe pronominal (faire [qch] de mal) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") Quelqu'un s'est amusé à inverser toutes les étiquettes. // Et ne t'amuse pas à tricher à l'examen ou tu auras des problèmes ! Someone has been messing around by switching all the labels over. |
laugh atverbe pronominal (rire de) Ils sont tombés en panne en rase campagne mais au lieu d'en pleurer, ils ont préféré s'amuser de la situation. They broke down in the middle of the countryside, but instead of crying over it, they thought it better to laugh at the situation. |
play to the gallerylocution verbale (distraire l'assistance, faire le pitre) (intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.") Le petit garçon n'arrêtait pas d'amuser la galerie en classe, au grand désespoir de ses parents. |
have fun, have a good time(apprécier) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
have a whale of a time(familier (beaucoup s'amuser) (informal) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
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