vade retro
vad ʁetʁo
Definition
Definition of vade retro - Reverso French Dictionary
Interjection
1.
rejet symboliqueDated rejette vivement quelque chose vu comme mauvais ou tentantDated
- « Vade retro ! » dit-il en refusant la cigarette tendue.
2.
refus netDated exprime un refus catégorique souvent avec une touche ironiqueDated
- Vade retro, je ne retournerai jamais travailler là-bas !
Origin of vade retro
latin, vade ("va", impératif de ire) + retro ("en arrière")
Examples of vade retro in a sentence
Devant la tentation, elle lança : « Vade retro ! » Vade retro, tes excuses arrivent beaucoup trop tard ! — Tu viens encore me vendre ce gadget ? — Vade retro !
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- English:get thee behind me, Satan, no way, ...
- German:Weiche von mir!, weg mit dir, ...
- Italian:vade retro, non se ne parla, ...
- Spanish:¡atrás!, ¡ni hablar!, ...
- Portuguese:vade retro, nem pensar, ...
- Chinese:滚开, 免谈, ...
- Japanese:あっちへ行け, お断りだ, ...
- Arabic:بَعيدا عَنِّي, حاشا, ...
- Hebrew:סוּר מֵרָע, חַס וְחָלִילָה, ...
- Russian:прочь, сатана, ни за что, ...
- Ukrainian:геть спокусу, іди геть, ...
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