Polyglot Dictionary

sous peu

/su pø/

adverb B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adv Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. shortly

    • Nous recevrons la réponse sous peu.

      We will receive the answer shortly.

Similar words

d'ici peu

"d'ici peu" and "sous peu" are close synonyms for "shortly," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

brevemente

brevemente is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "shortly."

Practice

1 What does sous peu mean?

2 Fill the gap: Nous recevrons la réponse ___ peu.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches sous peu?

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