make nell'Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Traduzioni di make nel dizionario inglese»francese

I.make [ingl brit meɪk, ingl am meɪk] SOST (brand)

make

marque f

what make is your car?

de quelle marque est ta voiture?

what make of computer is it?

quelle est la marque de cet ordinateur?

II.make <pret, part perf made> [ingl brit meɪk, ingl am meɪk] VB vb trans

1. make (create):

make dress, cake, coffee, stain, hole, will, pact, film, sketch, noise

faire

to make the bed

faire le lit

to make a rule

établir une règle

to make the law

faire les lois

to make the law

édicter les lois form

to make sth from

faire qc avec

wine is made from grapes

le vin est fait avec du raisin

to make sth for sb, to make sb sth

faire qc pour qn

to be made for sb

être fait pour qn

to be made for each other

être fait l'un pour l'autre

to make room/the time for sth

trouver de la place/du temps pour qc

to make sth out of

faire qc en

what is it made (out) of?

en quoi est-ce fait?

it's made (out) of gold

c'est en or

to see what sb is made of

voir de quoi est fait qn

let's see what he's made of

voyons de quoi il est fait

show them what you're made of!

montre-leur de quel bois tu te chauffes! colloq

to make A into B

faire B à partir de A

to make a house into apartments

transformer une maison en appartements

made in France/by Macron

fabriqué en France/par Macron

God made man

Dieu a créé l'homme

2. make (cause to be or become, render):

make friends, enemies

se faire

to make sb happy/jealous/popular

rendre qn heureux/jaloux/populaire

to make sb hungry/thirsty

donner faim/soif à qn

to make oneself available/ill

se rendre disponible/malade

to make oneself heard/understood

se faire entendre/comprendre

to make sth bigger

agrandir qc

to make sth better

améliorer qc

to make sth worse problem, situation

aggraver qc

to make sb's cold better

soulager le rhume de qn

to make exams easier, to make passing exams easier, to make it easier to pass exams

faciliter les examens

to make it easy/possible to do person:

faire en sorte qu'il soit facile/possible de faire

that made it easy for me to leave

cela a facilité mon départ

3. make (cause to do):

to make sb cry/jump/think

faire pleurer/sursauter/réfléchir qn

I made her smile

je l'ai fait sourire

to make sb do sth

faire faire qc à qn

I made her forget her problems/lose patience

je lui ai fait oublier ses problèmes/perdre patience

it makes me look fat/old

ça me grossit/vieillit

it makes me look ill

ça me donne l'air malade

to make sth do

faire que qc fasse

to make sth happen

faire que qc se produise

to make the story end happily

faire en sorte que l'histoire se termine bien

to make sth work person: machine etc

réussir à faire marcher qc

to make sth grow/burn person:

réussir à faire pousser/brûler qc

to make sth grow/burn chemical, product:

faire pousser/brûler qc

it makes your face look rounder

ça fait paraître ton visage plus rond

it makes her voice sound funny

cela lui donne une drôle de voix

4. make (force, compel):

to make sb do

obliger qn à faire

they made me (do it)

ils m'ont obligé, ils m'ont forcé, ils m'y ont forcé

to be made to do

être obligé or forcé de faire

he must be made to cooperate

il faut l'obliger à coopérer

to make sb wait/talk

faire attendre/parler qn

5. make (turn into):

to make sb sth, to make sth of sb

faire de qn qc

it's been made into a film

on en a fait or tiré un film

to make sb a star

faire de qn une vedette

we made him treasurer

on l'a fait trésorier

we made Tom treasurer

on a choisi Tom comme trésorier

to be made president for life

être fait président à vie

to make sb one's assistant

faire de qn son adjoint

to make a soldier/a monster of sb

faire de qn un soldat/un monstre

it'll make a man of you scherz

ça fera de toi un homme

he'll never make a teacher

il ne fera jamais un bon professeur

she'll make a good politician

elle fera une fine politicienne

to make sb a good husband

être un bon mari pour qn

to make sth sth, to make sth of sth

faire de qc qc

to make a habit/a success/ an issue of sth

faire de qc une habitude/une réussite/une affaire

do you want to make something of it? (threatening)

tu veux vraiment qu'on en discute?

to make too much of sth

faire tout un plat de qc colloq

that will make a good shelter/a good tablecloth

cela fera un bon abri/une bonne nappe

6. make (add up to, amount to):

make

faire

three and three make six

trois et trois font six

how much does that make?

ça fait combien?

that makes ten altogether

ça fait dix en tout

that makes five times he's called

ça fait cinq fois qu'il appelle

7. make (earn):

make salary, amount

gagner

to make £300 a week

gagner 300 livres sterling par semaine

he makes more in a week than I make in a month

il gagne plus en une semaine que je ne gagne en un mois

how much or what do you think she makes?

combien crois-tu qu'elle gagne?

to make a living

gagner sa vie

to make a profit

réaliser des bénéfices

to make a loss

subir des pertes

8. make (reach, achieve):

make place, position

arriver jusqu'à

make ranking, level

atteindre

make speed, distance

faire

to make the camp before dark

arriver au or atteindre le camp avant la nuit

to make the six o'clock train

attraper le train de six heures

we'll never make it

nous n'y arriverons jamais

to make the first team

entrer dans la première équipe

to make the charts

entrer au hit-parade

to make the front page of

faire la une de colloq

newspaper to make six spades (in bridge)

faire six piques

to make 295 (in cricket)

faire or marquer 295

9. make (estimate, say):

I make it about 30 kilometres

je dirais 30 kilomètres environ

I make the profit £50

les bénéfices doivent s'élever à 50 livres sterling

I make it five o'clock

il est cinq heures à ma montre

what time do you make it?

quelle heure as-tu?

what do you make the distance (to be)?

quelle est la distance à ton avis?

let's make it six o'clock/five dollars

disons six heures/cinq dollars

can we make it a bit later?

peut-on dire un peu plus tard?

what do you make of it?

qu'en dis-tu?

what does she make of him?

qu'est-ce qu'elle pense or dit de lui?

I don't know what to make of it

je ne sais quoi en penser

I can't make anything of it

je n'y comprends rien

10. make (cause success of):

make holiday, day

assurer la réussite de

a good wine can make a meal

un bon vin peut assurer la réussite d'un repas

it really makes the room feature, colour:

ça rend bien

that interview made her career as a journalist

cette interview lui a permis de faire carrière dans le journalisme

it really made my day

ça m'a rendu heureux pour la journée

‘go ahead, make my day!’ iron

‘allez, vas-y!’

to make or break sb/sth

décider de l'avenir de qn/qc

11. make (have sex with):

make colloq

se faire sl

12. make (eat) form:

make meal

prendre

13. make ELETTR:

make circuit

fermer

14. make GIOCHI (shuffle):

make cards

battre

15. make GIOCHI (win):

to make a trick

faire une levée

III.make <pret, part perf made> [ingl brit meɪk, ingl am meɪk] VB vb intr

1. make (act):

to make as if to do

faire comme si on allait faire

she made as if to kiss him

elle a fait comme si elle allait l'embrasser

he made like colloq he was injured

il a fait semblant d'être blessé

2. make (move) → make after

3. make (shuffle cards):

make

battre

IV.make [ingl brit meɪk, ingl am meɪk]

to be as clever as they make them

être malin comme pas un colloq

to be on the make colloq (gen)

être intéressé

to be on the make (for profit)

avoir les dents longues

to be on the make (for sex)

être en chasse colloq

to make it colloq (in career, life)

y arriver

to make it (to party, meeting)

réussir à venir

to make it (be on time for train etc)

y être

to make it (have sex)

s'envoyer en l'air colloq (with avec)

I'm afraid I can't make it

malheureusement je ne peux pas venir

if they don't make it by 10pm

s'ils n'arrivent pas avant 10h

Vedi anche: make for, make after, make towards

I.make for VB [ingl brit meɪk -, ingl am meɪk -] (make for [sth])

1. make for (head for):

make for door, town, home

se diriger vers

2. make for (help create):

make for easy life, happy marriage

permettre, assurer

II.make for VB [ingl brit meɪk -, ingl am meɪk -] (make for [sb])

1. make for (attack):

make for

se jeter sur

2. make for (approach):

make for

se diriger vers

I.make after VB [ingl brit meɪk -, ingl am meɪk -] (make after [sb])

make after

poursuivre

I.make towards VB [ingl brit meɪk -, ingl am meɪk -] (make towards [sth/sb])

make towards

se diriger vers

make-up [ingl brit ˈmeɪkʌp, ingl am ˈmeɪkˌəp] SOST

1. make-up (cosmetics):

make-up

maquillage m

to wear make-up

se maquiller

to put on one's make-up

se maquiller

2. make-up (character):

make-up

caractère m

to be part of sb's make-up

faire partie du caractère de qn

to be in sb's make-up

être dans le caractère de qn

3. make-up (composition):

make-up (of whole, committee)

composition f

4. make-up TV, TEATR, CINEM:

to work in make-up

travailler dans le maquillage

5. make-up TIPOGR:

make-up

mise f en page

I.make for VB [ingl brit meɪk -, ingl am meɪk -] (make for [sth])

1. make for (head for):

make for door, town, home

se diriger vers

2. make for (help create):

make for easy life, happy marriage

permettre, assurer

II.make for VB [ingl brit meɪk -, ingl am meɪk -] (make for [sb])

1. make for (attack):

make for

se jeter sur

2. make for (approach):

make for

se diriger vers

I.make at VB [ingl brit meɪk -, ingl am meɪk -] (make at [sb])

make at

attaquer (with avec)

I.make do VB [ingl brit meɪk -, ingl am meɪk -] (make do)

make do

faire avec

to make do with

se contenter de qc

II.make do VB [ingl brit meɪk -, ingl am meɪk -] (make [sth] do)

make do

se contenter de

I.make after VB [ingl brit meɪk -, ingl am meɪk -] (make after [sb])

make after

poursuivre

I.make up VB [ingl brit meɪk -, ingl am meɪk -] (make up)

1. make up (put make-up on):

make up

se maquiller

2. make up (after quarrel):

make up

se réconcilier (with avec)

3. make up:

to make up for (compensate for) lost time, lost sleep, missed meal, delay

rattraper

to make up for financial loss, deficit

combler

to make up for personal loss, bereavement

compenser

locuzioni:

to make up to colloq

faire de la lèche à colloq

II.make up VB [ingl brit meɪk -, ingl am meɪk -] (make up [sth], make [sth] up)

1. make up (invent):

make up excuse, story

inventer

you're making it up!

tu inventes!

to make sth up as one goes along

inventer qc au fur et à mesure

2. make up (prepare):

make up parcel, bundle, garment, road surface, bed

faire

make up prescription

préparer

make up type

composer

she had the fabric made up into a jacket

elle s'est fait faire une veste avec le tissu

3. make up (constitute):

make up whole, personality, society

faire

to be made up of

être fait or composé de

to make up 10% of

constituer 10% de

4. make up (compensate for):

make up loss, time

rattraper

make up deficit, shortfall

combler

to make the total up to £1, 000

compléter la somme pour faire 1 000 livres au total

5. make up (put make-up on):

to make oneself up

se maquiller

6. make up (stoke up):

make up fire

alimenter, s'occuper de

locuzioni:

to make it up (make friends)

se réconcilier (with avec)

I'll make it up to you somehow (when at fault)

j'essaierai de me faire pardonner

I'll make it up to you somehow (when not at fault)

je vais trouver quelque chose pour compenser

I.make-believe SOST [ingl brit ˈmeɪkbɪliːv, ingl am ˈmeɪkbəˌliv]

make-believe

fantaisie f

it's pure make-believe

c'est de la pure fantaisie

it's only make-believe

ce n'est qu'une histoire imaginaire

the land of make-believe

le pays des contes de fées

II.make-believe AGG [ingl brit ˈmeɪkbɪliːv, ingl am ˈmeɪkbəˌliv]

make-believe world, house, friend:

make-believe

imaginaire

III.make believe VB vb trans

make believe vb trans [ˈmeɪkbɪliːv] [ˈmeɪkbəˌliv]:

to make-believe that …

imaginer que …

to make believe (that) one is a pirate

imaginer que l'on est un pirate

to make believe (that) one is a pirate

jouer aux pirates

I.make out VB [ingl brit meɪk -, ingl am meɪk -] (make out)

1. make out (manage):

make out

s'en tirer colloq

how are you making out?

comment ça marche? colloq

2. make out ingl am (grope):

make out

se peloter colloq

3. make out (claim):

make out

affirmer (that que)

he's not as stupid as he makes out

il n'est pas aussi bête qu'il (le) prétend

II.make out VB [ingl brit meɪk -, ingl am meɪk -] (make out [sth], make [sth] out)

1. make out (see, distinguish):

make out shape, writing

distinguer

2. make out (claim):

to make sth out to be

prétendre que qc est

3. make out (understand, work out):

make out puzzle, mystery, character

comprendre

to make out if or whether

comprendre si

I can't make him out

je n'arrive pas à le comprendre

4. make out (write out):

make out cheque, will, list

faire, rédiger

to make out a cheque ingl brit or check ingl am to sb

faire un chèque à qn, signer un chèque à l'ordre de qn

it is made out to X

il est à l'ordre de X

who shall I make the cheque out to?

à quel ordre dois-je faire le chèque?

5. make out (expound):

to make out a case for sth

argumenter en faveur de qc

III.make out VB [ingl brit meɪk -, ingl am meɪk -] (make oneself out to be)

make out rich, brilliant

prétendre être

make out stupid, incompetent

faire semblant d'être

I.make good VB [ingl brit meɪk -, ingl am meɪk -] (make good)

make good

réussir

a poor boy made good

un garçon pauvre qui a réussi

II.make good VB [ingl brit meɪk -, ingl am meɪk -] (make good [sth])

1. make good (make up for):

make good damage, omission, loss

réparer

make good lost time

rattraper

make good deficit, shortfall

combler

2. make good (keep):

make good promise

tenir

make nel dizionario PONS

Traduzioni di make nel dizionario inglese»francese

I.make <made, made> [meɪk] VB vb trans

1. make (do):

make

faire

to make coffee/soup/dinner

faire du café/de la soupe/le dîner

I'll make you some tea

je te fais du thé

to make time

trouver du temps

to make sth (out) of sth

faire qc à partir de qc

made of plastic/paper

en plastic/papier

to show what one's (really) made of fig

montrer de quoi qn est fait

to make a call

passer un coup de fil

to make a decision

prendre une décision

to make a start on sth

commencer qc

2. make (create, change):

to make sb curious/ill

rendre qn curieux/malade

they made her vice-president

ils l'ont nommée vice-présidente

to make sth easy/public

rendre qc facile/public

that made the situation worse

ça a fait empirer les choses

to make oneself useful/look ridiculous

se rendre utile/ridicule

to make oneself heard/understood

se faire entendre/comprendre

to make oneself known to sb

se présenter à qn

3. make (earn, get):

make money, enemies

se faire

to make friends

se faire des ami(e)s

to make profits/losses

faire des bénéfices/des pertes

to make a living

gagner sa vie

4. make (force, cause):

to make sb/sth do sth

faire faire qc à qn

to make sb change their mind

faire changer d'avis qn

it makes me feel sick

ça me rend malade

5. make colloq (get to, reach):

to make it

y arriver

I can't make it tomorrow

demain je ne peux pas

to make it to sth

arriver à qc

I made the team

j'ai été accepté dans l'équipe

we made the final

on est arrivés en finale

6. make (calculate, decide):

I make it 5000

je trouve 5000

we'll make it Friday/$30

disons vendredi/30$

locuzioni:

to make sb's day

faire plaisir à qn

to make the grade

y arriver

to make sense

avoir du sens

to make sense of sth

arriver à comprendre qc

to make or break sb/sth

décider du sort de qn/qc

to be made of money

rouler sur l'or

II.make [meɪk] VB vb intr

make

aller

to make towards sth

se diriger vers qc

locuzioni:

to make do with sth

faire avec qc

to make as if to +infin form

sembler vouloir +infin

to make like ingl am

faire comme si

III.make [meɪk] SOST

make

marque f

locuzioni:

to be on the make pegg

en vouloir

make over VB vb trans

1. make over DIR (transfer ownership):

make over

céder

2. make over ingl am (alter, convert):

to make over sth into sth

transformer qc en qc

3. make over (re-do, alter):

make over

reprendre

make-up SOST

1. make-up (constitution):

make-up

constitution f

2. make-up (character):

make-up

caractère m

3. make-up no pl (cosmetics):

make-up

maquillage m

to put on make-up

se maquiller

I.make out VB vb intr colloq

1. make out (succeed, cope):

make out

s'en sortir

how are you making out?

tu t'en sors?

2. make out (have sex):

to make out with sb

se faire qn

II.make out VB vb trans

1. make out colloq (claim):

make out

prétendre

to make sb/sth out to be sth

faire passer qn/qc pour qc

she makes herself out to be a genius

elle se fait passer pour un génie

2. make out (understand with difficulty):

make out

distinguer

make out writing

déchiffrer

make out fig

discerner

to make sb out

comprendre qn

3. make out (write):

make out a cheque

faire

the cheque's made out to me

le chèque est à mon nom

locuzioni:

to make out a case for sth ingl Aus, ingl brit

présenter des arguments pour qc

make believe VB vb trans

make believe

faire semblant

I.make up VB vb trans

1. make up (compensate):

make up

compenser

make up a deficit, loss

combler

make up the time, ground

rattraper

I'll make it up to you

je tâcherai de me rattraper

2. make up (complete):

make up a sum, team

compléter

to make up the difference

payer la différence

3. make up (settle):

make up

arranger

make up a dispute

régler

to make it up

se réconcilier

4. make up (comprise):

make up

composer

to make up the majority of sth

former la majorité de qc

to be made up of people

être composé de

to be made up of things

contenir

5. make up (put make-up on):

make up

maquiller

6. make up (invent):

make up

inventer

7. make up (prepare):

make up

préparer

8. make up GIORN:

make up

mettre en pages

9. make up (decide):

to make up one's mind

se décider

II.make up VB vb intr

1. make up (be friends again):

make up

se réconcilier

2. make up (put on make-up):

make up

se maquiller

make-over SOST

1. make-over (beauty treatment):

make-over

soin m de beauté

2. make-over (redecoration):

make-over

transformation f

make of VB vb trans

1. make of (understand, think of):

to make sth of sb/sth

penser qc de qn/qc

what do you make of it?

qu'est-ce que tu en penses?

can you make anything of it?

tu y comprends quelque chose?

2. make of (consider important):

to make too much of sb/sth

accorder trop d'importance à qn/qc

locuzioni:

do you want to make something of it? colloq

tu as quelque chose à redire?

make off VB vb intr colloq

make off

se tirer

to make off with sth

partir avec qc

make for VB vb trans

1. make for (head for):

make for

se diriger vers

2. make for (result in):

make for

conduire à

make Esempi dal dizionario PONS (verificati dalla Redazione)

to make a plea for help/mercy

appeler à l'aide/la clémence

to be prepared to make a concession

accepter de faire une concession

to make profitable use of one's time

bien profiter de son temps

to make hay while the sun shines

battre le fer pendant qu'il est chaud

to be out to make trouble for sb

chercher des poux à qn

to make quite a bit of money

ramasser pas mal d'argent

to make it up to oneself for sth

se dédommager de qc

doesn't make us any younger, does it!

ça ne nous rajeunit pas! scherz, iron

to make a murder look like suicide

maquiller un meurtre en suicide

I'll make it up to you/him

je te/vous/lui revaudrai ça, je te/vous le revaudrai/je le lui revaudrai (en bien)

Esempi monolingue (non verificati dalla Redazione di PONS)

inglese

Several factors may make a cap inappropriate for a particular woman.

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You've got a wall that's trapezoid and so instead of straightening the wall up what they did was make the door and window trapezoid.

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The new reality sets in fast; therefore, the time to "make things better" is as soon as possible after the blow-up.

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The skins make a peculiarly strong, soft leather, known as buckskin.

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Rolling hills covered in sparse vegetation and deep snowdrifts make this a relatively safe and open area for new hunters.

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This new explanation is used to make falsifiable predictions that are testable by experiment or observation.

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Her deep sector knowledge and broad rolodex make her one of the top search professionals in this area.

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Teachers were often absent from class and moonlighting to make up for poor pay.

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We very soon came to realise how much easier it was to make war than to reorganise for peace.

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He was one of the first senators to make a stand against slavery.

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