effacer
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effacer
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., acheter).
a. to erase
Le vent a effacé nos traces de pas sur le sable.The wind erased our footprints in the sand.
b. to clean off
Marie avait effacé les traces sur le tableau la veille.Marie had cleaned off the marks on the board the day before.
c. to wipe
Delphine, viens effacer le tableau, s’il te plaît.Delphine, please come and wipe the board.
d. to wipe off
La voleuse effaça les empreintes digitales sur le verre.The thief wiped her fingerprints off the glass.
e. to rub out
Tu as une gomme à me prêter ? Je voudrais effacer ce que j’ai écrit.Do you have an eraser I can borrow? I'd like to rub out what I wrote.
f. to remove
Catherine utilisa un coton pour effacer les dernières traces de maquillage sur son visage.Catherine used a cotton pad to remove the last traces of makeup from her face.
2. (to cancel)
a. to erase
Tu ne peux pas effacer trois décennies de conflit d’un coup de baguette magique.You can't erase three decades of conflict with a wave of a magic wand.
b. to wipe out
L’intrigue du film tourne autour d’une machine capable d’effacer la mémoire.The plot of the film revolves around a machine capable of wiping out memory.
3. (computing)
a. to delete
Lisa a accidentellement effacé tous ses fichiers !Lisa accidentally deleted all her files!
4. (literary) (to do better than)
A word or phrase restricted in usage to literature or established writing (e.g., once upon a time).
a. to outshine
Le nouveau venu effaçait tous ses rivaux par son élégance.The newcomer outshone all his rivals with his elegance.
Conjugations
Indicative of "effacer"
Irregularities are in red
Collins French Verb Conjugation Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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