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Ce mec a l'air fort

Translation

This guy seems strong



Analysis


ce
     1. det. this, that
     2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below)
     3. pron. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that
mec
     1. n-m. (slang) guy, fellow, bloke, chap, dude, boyfriend
     2. n-m. (obsolete, slang) pimp
a
     1. n. a, the name of the Latin-script letter A
     2. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) alt form-lite, elle, , she
     3. v. third-person singular present indicative of avoir
     avoir
          1. n-m. asset, possession
          2. v. to have (to own; to possess)
          3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
          4. v. to have (a condition)
          5. v. to have (a measure or age)
          6. v. to have (to trick)
          7. v. to have (to participate in an experience)
          8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive
le
     1. art. the (definite article)
     2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
     3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
     4. art. (before units) a, an
     5. pron. (direct object) him, it
     6. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
air
     1. n-m. air (gases of the atmosphere)
     2. n-m. tune, aria
     3. n-m. appearance
     4. n-m. air (pretension)
fort
     1. adj. strong; powerful
     2. adj. (indtr, en) informal skilled, proficient, successful, sometimes translated "good" (often used in reference to academic subjects)
     3. adj. (indtr, de) who can count on
     4. adv. strongly
     5. adv. much, a lot
     6. adv. (when preceding certain adjectives and adverbs) very (intensifier)
     7. n-m. a fort




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