Translation of "abrupt" to English

Select source language

Source text

6 / 999

Select target language

Translation results

Your text has been partially translated.
You can translate a maximum of 999 characters at a time.
Login or register for free on PROMT.One and translate even more!

Advert

Dictionary translations for "abrupt"

abrupt adjective

abrupt / abrupte / abrupts / abruptes

abrupt [əˈbrʌpt] (personne, ton)

Elle sembla perplexe face à la question abrupte posée par le journaliste.

She looked puzzled at the abrupt question posed by a reporter.

short [ʃɔ:t] (conduite)

precipitous [prɪˈsɪpɪtəs] (caractéristique physique - forme)

l' abrupt m noun

pl. abrupts

steep slope (nature, paroi verticale)

Contexts with "abrupt"

Elle sembla perplexe face à la question abrupte posée par le journaliste. She looked puzzled at the abrupt question posed by a reporter.

Il y a une subtile distinction entre une façon de s'exprimer qui est trop concise et pertinente et une façon de s'exprimer qui est trop abrupte. There is a fine line between speech that is terse and to the point and speech that is too abrupt.

Examples of word usage in different contexts are provided solely for linguistic purposes, i.e. to study word usage in a sentence in one language and how they can be translated into another. All samples are automatically collected from a variety of publicly available open sources using bilingual search technologies.
If you find a spelling, punctuation or any other error in the original or translation, use the "Report a problem" option or write to us.