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Learn French: traverser - to cross

French
/The imperative mood
/traverser

traverser

Word

traverser

Meaning

to cross

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

The imperative mood

Usages of traverser

Traverse la rue près de la boulangerie.

Cross the street near the bakery.

Ne traversez jamais ce pont !

Never cross this bridge !

En traversant la route, tu enlèves tes écouteurs.

While crossing the road, you take off your earphones.

Le piéton traversant la rue est mon frère.

The pedestrian crossing the street is my brother.

En traversant cette ruelle, j'entends un corbeau et une porte qui grince.

While crossing this alley, I hear a raven and a door that creaks.

Nous avons vu un renard traverser la rue.

We saw a fox cross the street.

La destruction du vieux pont est triste. On ne le traverse plus.

The destruction of the old bridge is sad. We no longer cross it.

Si glissant que soit le glacier, ils vont traverser la crevasse.

However slippery the glacier may be, they are going to cross the crevasse.

Pour impitoyable que soit la banquise, ils la traversent.

However unforgiving the pack ice may be, they cross it.

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