Polyglot Dictionary

céder le passage

/se.de lə pa.saʒ/

verb B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
cède le passage
past
a cédé le passage
perfect
cédé le passage

Meaning

  1. to yield

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

mettre les pouces

"céder le passage" and "mettre les pouces" are close synonyms for "to yield, to give in," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

render

render is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to yield."

Practice

1 What does céder le passage mean?

2 Fill the gap: Les conducteurs doivent céder le ___ ici.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches céder le passage?

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