Polyglot Dictionary

couper les vivres

/ku.pe le vivʁ/

verb B2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain Financial Tone Neutral

Forms

present
coupe les vivres
past
a coupé les vivres
perfect
coupé les vivres

Meaning

  1. to cut off financial support

    • Ses parents lui coupent les vivres.

      His parents cut off his financial support.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Practice

1 What does couper les vivres mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ses parents lui coupent les ___.

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