Polyglot Dictionary

résister

/ʁeziste/

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
résiste
past
a résisté
perfect
résisté

Meaning

  1. to resist

    • Il n'a pas pu résister à la tentation.

      He couldn't resist the temptation.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

widerstehen

widerstehen is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to resist."

Spanish

resistir

resistir is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to resist."

Portuguese

resistir

resistir is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to resist."

Practice

1 What does résister mean?

2 Fill the gap: Il n'a pas pu ___ à la tentation.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches résister?

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