cirer

siʁe

Definition

Conjugation

Definition of cirer - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

tr.

chaussuresmettre du cirage sur des chaussures pour les faire briller

Elle cire ses bottes avant de sortir.

astiquer

lustrer

parquetappliquer de la cire sur quelque chose pour protéger ou faire briller

Il cire le parquet du salon tous les mois.

encaustiquer

lustrer

malchance

Rare

porter malheur à quelqu'un

Rare

Tu me cires depuis ce matin avec tes mauvaises nouvelles.

jeter un sort

porter malheur

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Expressions with cirer

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rien à cirer

exp.

sans aucune importance pour la personne concernée

Je n’en ai rien à cirer de ce débat.

cirer le banc

rester assis sur le banc sans jouer pendant un match

Il a ciré le banc pendant tout le championnat cette saison.

cirer les bottes

flatter quelqu'un de façon excessive pour obtenir ses faveurs

Il passe son temps à cirer les bottes du patron.

cirer les pompes

flatter quelqu'un de façon excessive pour lui plaire

Il passe son temps à cirer les pompes du patron pour avoir une promotion.

n'avoir rien à cirer

ne pas du tout s'intéresser à quelque chose, s'en moquer

Je n'ai rien à cirer de ses commentaires stupides.

j'en ai rien à cirer

exp.

être totalement indifférent ou se désintéresser complètement de quelque chose

J'en ai rien à cirer de son opinion sur ma coiffure.

Origin of cirer

français, cirer (appliquer cire)

Examples of cirer in a sentence

Mon grand-père me montrait comment cirer ses souliers.
Elle cire ses chaussures avant chaque entretien.
Nous avons ciré la table pour la protéger des taches.
Arrête de me cirer avec tes histoires de malchance.
On dit qu’il ne faut pas cirer quelqu’un avant un examen.

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English:polish, wax, ...
German:Schuhe putzen, wachsen, ...
Italian:lucidare, cerare, ...
Spanish:encerar, dar cera, ...
Portuguese:engraxar, encerar com cera, ...
Chinese:擦鞋, 打蜡, ...
Japanese:磨く, ワックスをかける, ...
Arabic:لَمَّع, شمع, ...
Hebrew:לְצַחְצֵחַ נַעֲלַיִם, לְמָרֵחַ שַׁעֲוָה, ...
Russian:начищать, натирать воском, ...
Ukrainian:чистити взуття, натирати воском, ...
Catalan:encerar, gafar, ...
Danish:pudse, vokse, ...
Dutch:poetsen, wassen, ...
Greek:γυαλίζω, γυαλίζω με κερί, ...
Hungarian:cipőt pucolni, felviaszolni, ...
Khmer:ខាត់ស្បែកជើង, លាបក្រមួន, ...
Korean:구두를 닦다, 왁스를 바르다, ...
Polish:pucować, woskować, ...
Portuguese (BR):engraxar, encerar, ...
Romanian:a lustrui, a cerui, ...
Swedish:putsa, vaxa, ...
Thai:ขัดรองเท้า, ขัดพื้นด้วยแว็กซ์, ...
Turkish:cilalamak, nazara getirmek, ...
Vietnamese:đánh giày, đánh bóng, ...

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