COMMENT - Traduzione francese-inglese

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

francese

inglese

comment¹ [kɔmɑ̃] AVV

1. comment (de quelle manière):

comment le sais-tu?

how do you know (that)?

comment ça s'écrit?

how do you spell it?

comment allez-vous?

how are you?

comment veux-tu que je me débrouille?

how do you expect me to manage?

comment faire?

how can it be done?

montre-moi comment

show me how

comment t'y prendras-tu?

how will you go about it?

il faut voir comment il nous a parlé/nous a traités!

you should have seen the way he spoke to us/treated us!

comment s'étonner qu'il ait échoué?

it's hardly surprising that he failed!

2. comment (pour faire répéter):

comment, peux-tu répéter?

sorry, could you say that again?

Paul comment?

Paul who?

3. comment (évaluation):

comment est leur maison/fils?

what's their house/son like?

comment trouvez-vous ma robe/son mari?

what do you think of my dress/her husband?, how do you like my dress/her husband?

4. comment (indignation, surprise):

comment cela?

what do you mean?

comment se fait-il qu'il soit parti?

how is it that he's gone?

comment se fait-il qu'il soit parti?

how come he's gone? colloq

comment se peut-il que…?

how can it be that…?

comment ça se fait colloq?

how come? colloq

comment ça se fait colloq?

how is that?

comment? tu voudrais des excuses?

what? you expect me to apologize?

comment donc!

but of course!

et comment! colloq

most certainly!

et comment! colloq

and how! colloq

‘tu l'as éjecté colloq?’—‘et comment!’

‘you threw him out?’—‘I certainly did!’

‘tu l'as éjecté colloq?’—‘et comment!’

‘you threw him out?’—‘did I ever!’ colloq

‘tu l'as éjecté colloq?’—‘et comment!’

‘you threw him out?’—‘I sure did!’ ingl am colloq

‘c'était bon?’—‘et comment!’ colloq

‘was it nice?’—‘it certainly was!’

‘c'était bon?’—‘et comment!’ colloq

‘was it nice?’—‘was it ever!’ colloq

‘c'était bon?’—‘et comment!’ colloq

‘was it nice?’—‘it sure was!’ ingl am colloq

I. importer [ɛ̃pɔʀte] VB vb trans

importer marchandise, main-d'œuvre, mode

to import (de from)

importer espèce végétale

to introduce (de from)

II. importer [ɛ̃pɔʀte] VB vb impers

1. importer (être important):

cela importe peu

it doesn't much matter

ce qui importe c'est qu'elle comprenne

what matters is that she (should) understand

peu importe ou qu'importe qu'elle ne comprenne pas

it doesn't matter ou what does it matter if she doesn't understand

‘il pleut!’—‘peu importe!’

‘it's raining!’—‘never mind!’

lequel?—n'importe

which one?—it doesn't matter

2. importer (dans locutions):

n'importe quel enfant

any child

à n'importe quel moment

at any time

n'importe qui

anybody, anyone

n'importe lequel

any

n'importe où

anywhere

viens n'importe quand

come anytime

prends n'importe quoi

take anything

n'importe quoi de tranchant

any sharp object

elle dit n'importe quoi

she talks nonsense

c'est (du) n'importe quoi

it's rubbish

c'est fait n'importe comment

it's done any old how colloq

mon père, ce n'est pas n'importe qui

my father's not just anybody

comment² [kɔmɑ̃] SOST m

le comment

the how

comment améliorer le vivre-ensemble?

how we can improve community relations?

comment l'ont-ils surnommée?

what nickname did they give her?

inglese

francese

haphazardly

n'importe comment

higgledy-piggledy

pêle-mêle, n'importe comment

sloppily

n'importe comment

to be puzzled as to why/how

se demander pourquoi/comment

to be perplexed as to why/how

se demander pourquoi/comment

you betcha! ingl am

et comment! colloq

nel dizionario PONS

francese

inglese

comment [kɔmɑ̃] AVV

1. comment (de quelle façon):

comment

how

comment ça va?

how are things?

et toi, comment tu t'appelles?

and what's your name?

comment est-ce que ça s'appelle en français?

what's the word for that in French?

2. comment (invitation à répéter):

comment?

what?

locuzioni:

(mais) comment donc!

of course!

comment cela?

how come?

et comment!

and how!

comment ce mot est-il orthographié?

how is this word spelled?

inglese

francese

anyhow

n'importe comment

how

comment

how is it that he is here?

comment se fait-il qu'il soit là? congt

how come [or so]?

comment ça?

how

comment

how are you?

comment vas-tu/allez-vous?

how was the film?

comment était le film?

how

comment m

to know the how(s) and why(s) of sth

savoir le pourquoi et le comment de qc

to discuss how ...

discuter comment ...

to investigate how/whether/why ...

rechercher comment/si/pourquoi ...

how are you getting along?

comment ça va?

how the deuce are we going to make it?

comment diable allons-nous y arriver?

she puts herself across well

elle sait comment se présenter

the whys and wherefores (of sth)

le pourquoi et comment (de qc)

nel dizionario PONS

francese

inglese

comment [kɔmɑ͂] AVV

1. comment (de quelle façon):

comment

how

comment ça va?

how are things?

et toi, comment tu t'appelles?

and what's your name?

comment est-ce que ça s'appelle en français?

what's the word for that in French?

2. comment (invitation à répéter):

comment?

what?

locuzioni:

(mais) comment donc!

of course!

comment cela?

how come?

et comment!

and how!

comment ce mot est-il orthographié?

how is this word spelled?

inglese

francese

anyhow

n'importe comment

how

comment

how is it that he is here?

comment se fait-il qu'il soit là? congt

how come? [or so]

comment ça?

how

comment

how are you?

comment vas-tu/allez-vous?

how was the film?

comment était le film?

how

comment m

to know the how(s) and why(s) of sth

savoir le pourquoi et le comment de qc

to discuss how ...

discuter comment ...

to investigate how/whether/why ...

rechercher comment/si/pourquoi ...

how are you getting along?

comment ça va?

she puts herself across well

elle sait comment se présenter

pardon?

comment?

how do you spell ...

comment écrit-on ...