French Dictionary

French-English translation of sauter

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1 sauter Verb, intransitive

(a) to jump

(b) (of bomb, building) to blow up, explode, (of fuse) blow; faire ~ to blow up a building, blow a fuse

(c) (of eyelid) to twitch, (of eyelid, TV) flicker

(d) (Cookery) to sauté, shallow-fry

Present: je saute, tu sautes, il/elle saute, nous sautons, vous sautez, ils/elles sautent
Imperfect: je sautais, tu sautais, il/elle sautait, nous sautions, vous sautiez, ils/elles sautaient
Future: je sauterai, tu sauteras, il/elle sautera, nous sauterons, vous sauterez, ils/elles sauteront
Perfect: j' ai sauté, tu as sauté, il/elle a sauté, nous avons sauté, vous avez sauté, ils/elles ont sauté
Present subjunctive: je saute, tu sautes, il/elle saute, nous sautions, vous sautiez, ils/elles sautent

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2 sauter Verb, transitive

(a) to jump (over) an obstacle; to skip, miss a word (out), (School) skip, skive (off) (quite Slang) lessons; (Cookery) to sauté; (Slang) to lay a woman

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French-English translation of sauter