Translation of "avertir" to English

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Dictionary translations for "avertir"

avertir verb Conjugation

avertis / avertis / averti

warn [wɔ:n] (déclaratif)

Je t'ai suffisamment averti.

I gave you fair warning.

caution [ˈkɔ:ʃən] (danger)

inform [ɪnˈfɔ:m] (information)

Contexts with "avertir"

Les Grecs inventèrent la virgule, non pour leur littérature mais pour leurs acteurs, pour les avertir de prendre une longue inspiration en préparation d'une longue phrase à venir ; une virgule représente donc une pause. The Greeks invented the comma, not for their literature but for their actors, to warn them to take a deep breath in preparation of an upcoming long phrase; thus a comma represents a pause.

Je t'ai suffisamment averti. I gave you fair warning.

Par exemple, si un professeur qui fume lui-même comme une cheminée avertit un étudiant parce qu'il fume, c'est une contradiction. For example, if a chain-smoking teacher cautions a pupil for smoking, that warning is self-contradictory.

Je vous ai suffisamment averti. I gave you fair warning.

Par exemple, si un enseignant lui-même gros fumeur avertit un élève des dangers de la cigarette, c'est comme s'il se contredisait. For example, if a chain-smoking teacher cautions a pupil for smoking, that warning is self-contradictory.

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