piaffer

pjafɛ

Definition

Conjugation

Definition of piaffer - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

intr.

impatiencemontrer son impatience par des gestes ou mouvements agités

Les enfants piaffent devant la porte de la salle de cinéma.

s'impatienter

trépigner d'impatience

cheval

TECH.

lever haut les pattes avant et frapper le sol sans avancer

TECH.

Le cheval piaffe avec élégance devant les juges du concours.

frapper du pied

trépigner

vantardisese vanter ou faire le fier pour impressionner les autres

Il piaffe devant ses amis en racontant ses exploits imaginaires.

faire le malin

se vanter

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piaffer d'impatience

manifester son impatience par des gestes nerveux ou de l'agitation

Les enfants piaffent d'impatience avant d'ouvrir leurs cadeaux de Noël.

Origin of piaffer

français, piaffer (frapper du pied)

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piaffeur

adj.

cheval

qui exécute le mouvement de piaffer en équitation

Examples of piaffer in a sentence

Le public piaffait en attendant le début du concert.
Le cheval piaffait d’impatience dans l’écurie.
Ils ont appris à leur monture à piaffer sur commande.
Elle piaffe en parlant de ses succès professionnels.
Ils piaffent devant la classe pour attirer l’attention.

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English:fidget, prance, ...
German:vor Ungeduld zappeln, piaffieren, ...
Italian:scalpitare, piaffare, ...
Spanish:impacientarse, piafar, ...
Portuguese:agitar-se de impaciência, piafar, ...
Chinese:急不可耐, 原地踏步, ...
Japanese:そわそわする, パッサージュする, ...
Arabic:تململ, شخب, ...
Hebrew:לְהַפְגִּין חֹסֶר סַבְלָנוּת, לְפַיֵּאַף, ...
Russian:выказывать нетерпение, пиафировать, ...
Ukrainian:нетерпляче тупцювати, піяти, ...
Catalan:no parar quiet, piafar, ...
Danish:trippe, piaffere, ...
Dutch:piekeren, piafferen, ...
Greek:ανυπομονώ έντονα, πιαφάρω, ...
Hungarian:izgatottan toporogni, piaffozni, ...
Khmer:រវើរវាយ, ឈានជើងខ្ពស់ទះដីនៅនឹងកន្លែង, ...
Korean:안달하다, 앞다리를 높이 들고 땅을 구르다, ...
Polish:pikać się, piafować, ...
Portuguese (BR):mostrar-se impaciente, piafar, ...
Romanian:a se foi, a face piaffer, ...
Swedish:trippa otåligt, piaffera, ...
Thai:อยู่ไม่สุข, ยกขาหน้าขึ้นและกระทืบพื้น, ...
Turkish:sabırsızlanmak, piaffe yapmak, ...
Vietnamese:nôn nóng, giậm chân tại chỗ, ...

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