The French word for to eat is
manger
French Definition
eat | |
1. v. Manger. | |
2. v. Ronger. |
Translations for eat and their definitions
manger | |||
1. v. to eat | |||
J'ai mangé de la viande pour le souper. - I ate some meat for dinner. | |||
2. v. to eat | |||
C'est bizarre que je ne mange rien. - It's strange that I don't eat anything. | |||
Manger au restaurant. - To eat in a restaurant. | |||
3. n-m. food, foodstuff | |||
Cette boulangérie a du manger délicat. - This bakery has elegant food |
ronger | ||
1. v. to gnaw | ||
2. v. to erode, to eat at |
bouffer | ||
1. v. (colloquial transitive intransitive) to eat | ||
J'ai la dalle, j'ai pas encore bouffé. - I'm famished, I haven't eaten yet. | ||
2. v. (colloquial transitive figuratively) to eat, to worry | ||
Tous ces problèmes avec ma femme, ça me bouffe. - All these problems with my wife are eating away at me | ||
3. v. (colloquial transitive) to consume in excess | ||
Cette bagnole bouffe quinze litres aux cent facilement. - This car gobbles fifteen liters per hundred (kilometres) easily. | ||
4. v. (colloquial transitive) to bash (criticise harshly) | ||
Ce soir, on va bouffer du curé. - Tonight, we will chew up the priest. |
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