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hitting on

French translation: draguer

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English term or phrase:to hit on
French translation:draguer
Entered by: aurelita

11:37 Jan 14, 2004
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: hitting on
He felt like *hitting on* the girl who was sitting at the bar.

Je n'arrive pas à trouver cette expression. Est-ce qu'il s'agit de drague ou est-ce qu'il s'agit de l'étape suivante ? Ou quelque chose d'autre ?...
aurelita
Local time: 11:29
il avait effectivement envie de la draguer
Explanation:
argot courant
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CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 12:29
Grading comment
ok merci!

(et merci pour la version québéquoise...)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2il avait effectivement envie de la draguer
CMJ_Trans (X)
5 +1cruiser
NancyLynn
5draguer, aborder qq'un en vue d'une aventure
moya
2sauter sur
Diana Donzelli-Gaudet


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
sauter sur


Explanation:
sauter sur

Diana Donzelli-Gaudet
Local time: 12:29
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 135
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
il avait effectivement envie de la draguer


Explanation:
argot courant

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 12:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 5820
Grading comment
ok merci!

(et merci pour la version québéquoise...)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bruce Popp
4 mins
agree  NancyLynn
6 mins
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cruiser


Explanation:
(crouser) argot courant au Québec

NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 06:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 853

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Yves Georges: merci de nous apprendre l'argot québecois (je ne suis qu'un français ignorant)
1 hr
agree  CGagnon: Il faut aussi apprendre l'anglais, monsieur Georges: "to cruise: draguer" (Harraps).
3 hrs
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
draguer, aborder qq'un en vue d'une aventure


Explanation:
hitting on: make sexual advances towards some one
(Oxford)


    Larousse
moya
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 4
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