surmener

syʁməne

surmènesurmènentsurmènera

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Definition of surmener - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

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personnes

Rare

fatiguer excessivement une personne par un travail ou effort trop intense

Rare

Elle se plaint que son patron la surmène avec trop de projets.

épuiser

exténuer

animaux

Rare

fatiguer excessivement un animal en le faisant travailler trop

Rare

Le fermier a surmené son cheval en labourant sans pause.

épuiser

fatiguer

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se surmener

s'épuiser par un travail ou des efforts trop intenses

Il se surmène depuis des semaines avec ce projet important.

Origin of surmener

français, sur (au-dessus) + mener (conduire)

Examples of surmener in a sentence

Elle a tendance à se surmener lorsqu'elle prépare un examen important.
Il ne faut pas surmener les bœufs pendant la saison chaude.
Le chien a été surmené lors de la longue chasse.

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English:overwork, overexert, ...
German:überfordern, überanstrengen, ...
Italian:sovraccaricare, stremare, ...
Spanish:sobrecargar, explotar, ...
Portuguese:sobrecarregar, sobrecarregar o animal, ...
Chinese:过度劳累, 把...累坏, ...
Japanese:酷使する, ...
Arabic:أرهق, ...
Hebrew:לְהַעֲמִיס יֶתֶר עַל, לְהַתִּישׁ, ...
Russian:перегружать, загонять, ...
Ukrainian:перевтомлювати, перевантажувати, ...
Catalan:sobrecarregar, esgotar, ...
Danish:overanstrenge, køre for hårdt, ...
Dutch:overbelasten, oververmoeien, ...
Greek:υπερβάλλω, υπερβάλλω στη δουλειά, ...
Hungarian:túlhajszolni, agyondolgoztatni, ...
Khmer:ប្រើការងារហួសកម្លាំង, ប្រើកម្លាំងហួស, ...
Korean:과로시키다, 혹사하다, ...
Polish:przemęczać, przemęczyć, ...
Portuguese (BR):sobrecarregar, exaurir, ...
Romanian:a suprasolicita, a extenua, ...
Swedish:överanstränga, ...
Thai:ใช้งานหนักเกินไป, ใช้งานสัตว์หนักเกินไป, ...
Turkish:fazla yormak, fazla çalıştırmak, ...
Vietnamese:làm kiệt sức, ...

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