avoir beau
/a.vwaʁ bo/
verb
B2
le (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Forms
- present
- a beau
- past
- a eu beau
- perfect
- eu beau
Meaning
-
no matter how much (one does something)
Practice
1 What does avoir beau mean?
no matter how much (one does something)
2 Fill the gap: Il a ___ insister, elle refuse.
Full sentence: Il a beau insister, elle refuse. (No matter how much he insists, she refuses.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches avoir beau?
avoir beau: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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