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Definition of ratatiner - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

tr.

réduire

Rare

Informal

faire devenir plus petit en taille

Rare

Informal

Le soleil a ratatiné les raisins sur la vigne.

rapetisser

rétrécir

endommager

Rare

Informal

abîmer très gravement quelque chose

Rare

Informal

L'accident a ratatiné sa voiture contre le mur.

abîmer

dégrader

victoire

Rare

Informal

battre complètement dans une compétition

Rare

Informal

Notre équipe a ratatiné l'adversaire 5 à 0.

écraser

laminer

mort

Rare

Slang

tuer quelqu'un

Rare

Slang

Le gangster a menacé de le ratatiner.

éliminer

tuer

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se ratatinerv.

devenir plus petit, se rétrécir

Le pull s'est ratatiné au lavage.

Origin of ratatiner

français, ratatiner (rétrécir) - dérivé de ratatin (petit tas)

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racrapoterv.

belgicismefaire se recroqueviller ou se ratatiner

Examples of ratatiner in a sentence

Le linge a ratatiné après un mauvais lavage.
Le froid intense a ratatiné les feuilles du jardin.
Le colis a été complètement ratatiné pendant le transport.
Ils ont ratatiné la porte en la forçant.
Ils ont ratatiné leurs rivaux en finale.
On va les ratatiner au prochain match.

Il a promis de ratatiner ses ennemis s’ils revenaient.
Le chef du gang voulait ratatiner le traître.

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English:shrink, crush, ...
German:schrumpfen lassen, zerquetschen, ...
Italian:raggrinzire, distruggere, ...
Spanish:arrugar, aplastar, ...
Portuguese:encolher, ratinar, ...
Chinese:缩小, 撞瘪, ...
Japanese:縮ませる, ぺしゃんこにする, ...
Arabic:قلّص, حطّم, ...
Hebrew:לְצַמְצֵם, לְרַסֵּק, ...
Russian:сморщить, раздавить, ...
Ukrainian:зморщити, зім'яти, ...
Catalan:arrugar, ratatinar, ...
Dutch:doen krimpen, total loss rijden, ...
Greek:συρρικνώνω, μαδάω, ...
Korean:쪼그라들게 하다, 찌그러뜨리다, ...
Polish:pomarszczyć, zmasakrować, ...
Portuguese (BR):reduzir, arruinar, ...
Romanian:a zbârci, a strivi, ...
Thai:ทำให้เหี่ยว, ทำให้ยับเยิน, ...
Turkish:büzmek, pert etmek, ...
Vietnamese:làm co lại, làm bẹp dúm, ...

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