Polyglot Dictionary

ouvrir la marche

/u.vʁiʁ la maʁʃ/

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
ouvre la marche
past
a ouvert la marche
perfect
ouvert la marche

Meaning

  1. to lead the way

    • Le guide ouvre la marche dans la forêt.

      The guide leads the way through the forest.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

mener

ouvrir la marche means "to lead the way," literally "to open the march," a more specific idiom; mener is the general word "to lead."

Practice

1 What does ouvrir la marche mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le guide ouvre la ___ dans la forêt.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ouvrir la marche?

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