zapper

zapɛʁ

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Definition of zapper - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

télévision

tr./intr.

changer rapidement de chaîne télé avec la télécommande

tr./intr.

Il zappe sans arrêt pendant les publicités.

changer de chaîne

oubli

tr.

ignorer ou oublier quelque chose ou quelqu'un

tr.

J'ai complètement zappé notre rendez-vous de demain.

ignorer

oublier

conversation

intr.

passer vite d'un sujet à un autre en parlant

intr.

Elle zappe constamment de son travail à ses vacances.

passer du coq à l'âne

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Origin of zapper

anglais, zap (faire un bruit rapide)

Examples of zapper in a sentence

Elle a zappé la chaîne dès que l'émission a commencé.
Désolé, j'ai zappé de t'appeler hier soir.
Elle a zappé son devoir de maths sans s'en rendre compte.
Lors des réunions, il aime zapper entre les sujets.
Ils zappent sans cesse d'une idée à l'autre pendant la discussion.

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English:channel surf, space out, ...
German:zappen, vergessen, ...
Italian:zappare, dimenticare, ...
Spanish:cambiar de canal, olvidar, ...
Portuguese:mudar de canal, esquecer, ...
Chinese:换台, 忘记, ...
Japanese:ザッピングする, うっかり忘れる, ...
Arabic:قلّب القنوات, نسي, ...
Hebrew:לְזַפֵּזֵפ, לִשְׁכּוֹחַ, ...
Russian:переключать каналы, забыть, ...
Ukrainian:перемикати канали, забути, ...
Catalan:fer zàping, ignorar, ...
Danish:zappe, glemme, ...
Dutch:zappen, vergeten, ...
Greek:ζαπάρω, παραβλέπω, ...
Khmer:ប្ដូរប៉ុស្តិ៍រហ័ស, ភ្លេច, ...
Korean:채널을 돌리다, 깜빡하다, ...
Polish:przełączać kanały, zapomnieć, ...
Portuguese (BR):zapear, esquecer, ...
Romanian:a schimba canalul, a uita, ...
Swedish:zappa, glömma, ...
Thai:เปลี่ยนช่อง, ลืมสนิท, ...
Turkish:zapping yapmak, unutmak, ...
Vietnamese:chuyển kênh, quên mất, ...

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