hanging out with friends

French translation: traîner avec des copains

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English term or phrase:hanging out with friends
French translation:traîner avec des copains
Entered by: DPolice

02:13 Feb 20, 2002
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
/ frnch
English term or phrase: hanging out with friends
Hanging out with friends outside
maria
traîner avec des copains
Explanation:
sorry
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DPolice
Local time: 13:53
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3traîner avec des copains
DPolice
4 +2Faire la fete avec des amis
Thierry LOTTE
4 +1s'amuser entre amis
Carolin Dierksmeier
5sortir avec des amis
VBaby
5fréquenter avec des amis
Gary Krupa
4se promener/se balader
JVidal (X)


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Faire la fete avec des amis


Explanation:
Ya nies' nayou pa rousski no en francouski :

Faire la fete (avec un accent circonflexe sur le premier "e" de Fete) avec des amis ou bien
"faire la foire avec des amis" mais cette traduction est plus "vulgaire" ( in English it would be : "to paint the town in red..."


    French native
Thierry LOTTE
Local time: 13:53
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 435

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Geneviève von Levetzow
8 hrs
  -> Tks GVL

agree  ohlala (X)
12 hrs
  -> Merci ohlala
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
traîner avec des copains


Explanation:
sorry

DPolice
Local time: 13:53
PRO pts in pair: 779
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  SML: ok
29 mins

agree  Pierre POUSSIN
43 mins

agree  Electra
1 hr

agree  Philippe Danjoux: The style may depend on the context to a certain extent...
2 hrs

agree  JVidal (X): ou "avec des amis" (more formal) ou "avec des potes" (more colloquial)
3 hrs

neutral  Geneviève von Levetzow: Tout dépend vraiment du style de langue et surtout de l'âge des personnes en question, la traduction de Thierry est plus neutre.
4 hrs

disagree  ohlala (X): traîner avec des copains peut-être péjoratif !
8 hrs

disagree  VBaby: péjoratif
11 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
s'amuser entre amis


Explanation:
Une autre soluntion

Carolin Dierksmeier
France
Local time: 13:53

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ohlala (X)
5 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
se promener/se balader


Explanation:
traîner = waste of time
se promener, se balader = more positive idea

avec des amis, des copains, des potes...

JVidal (X)
Local time: 12:53
PRO pts in pair: 23
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
sortir avec des amis


Explanation:
Sortir means both to go out and to have fun in this context.


    Reference: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22hanging+out%22+sorti...
    Reference: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22sortir+avec+des+amis...
VBaby
Local time: 12:53
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 681
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
fréquenter avec des amis


Explanation:
from Le Grand Larousse dictionary

Gary Krupa
United States
Local time: 04:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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