patatras

patatʁa

Definition

Definition of patatras - Reverso French Dictionary

Interjection

chute bruyante

Rare

exprime le bruit d'une chute brutale et bruyante

Rare

Patatras ! Le vase s'est écrasé au sol.

badaboum

boum

crac

surprise soudaine

Rare

exprime la surprise face à un événement soudain

Rare

Patatras ! Je ne m'attendais pas à le voir ici.

mince

zut

échec brutal

Rare

exprime un échec ou effondrement spectaculaire

Rare

Patatras ! Tous nos plans sont tombés à l'eau.

flop

plantage

raté

Adverb

objet qui tombe

Rare

marque une chute bruyante, soudaine

Rare

Il a glissé et, patatras, la valise est tombée.

boum

crac

mauvaise surprise

Rare

annonce un échec brutal, une situation qui s'écroule

Rare

On avançait bien et, patatras, le serveur a tout effacé.

catastrophe

pan

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Origin of patatras

onomatopée/français, patatras (interjection exprimant chute)

Examples of patatras in a sentence

Il a trébuché sur le tapis et, patatras, tout a volé.
Patatras ! Le gâteau glisse de ses mains et s’écrase par terre.
Patatras, la lumière s’éteint en plein discours du maire.
Patatras, la pile de dossiers s'est renversée juste avant la réunion.
Patatras ! La scène s'est écroulée en plein spectacle.
La pile de livres a vacillé et, patatras, tout est tombé par terre.

Il a lâché le vase et, patatras, les morceaux ont roulé sous la table.
On signait presque le contrat et, patatras, l’investisseur s’est désisté.
Je pensais avoir réussi l’examen et, patatras, j’ai tout raté à cause d’une erreur.

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English:crash, with a crash, ...
German:krach, plumps, ...
Italian:patatrac, plof, ...
Spanish:¡cataplum!, pam, ...
Portuguese:Pumba!, paf, ...
Chinese:哐当, 砰地, ...
Japanese:ドサッ, ドサッと, ...
Arabic:بوم, بِصَوْتِ مَدْوّ, ...
Hebrew:בּוּם, טְרַאח, ...
Russian:бах, и-оп, ...
Ukrainian:бабах, з гуркотом, ...
Catalan:patapam, pam, ...
Danish:bang, og så gik det galt, ...
Dutch:boem!, plof, ...
Greek:πατατράκ, πλατς, ...
Hungarian:csatt, hupp, ...
Khmer:ផាំង, ស្រាប់តែ, ...
Korean:와장창, 덜컹, ...
Polish:bach!, nagle i głośno, ...
Portuguese (BR):pá, paf, ...
Romanian:Buf!, paf, ...
Swedish:krasch, med ett brak, ...
Thai:โครม, ปัง, ...
Turkish:pat, pat diye, ...
Vietnamese:Rầm!, rầm, ...

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Definition of patatras - Reverso French Dictionary

Interjection

Adverb

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