🤸Les mouvements du corps
Se lever, s'allonger, sauter, pousser, tirer, lancer — ce que fait le corps à l'échauffement.
30 concepts
Les colonnes suivent les langues activées en haut. Le genre après le mot (m/f/n) ; l'API en dessous ; les notes, variantes et origines encore en dessous — rien n'est caché.
| Concept | English | Français | Español |
|---|---|---|---|
to bend down verb | to bend also: to bend down, to bend over Irregular: bent. Bend your knees = the gym instruction. | se baisser also: se pencher (lean), plier (bend a thing, the knees) Se baisser is lowering your body; to bend an object or a knee is plier: pliez les genoux. | agacharse also: doblarse, doblar (bend a thing) Agacharse = get down low, duck; doblar las rodillas = bend the knees. |
to catch verb | to catch Irregular: caught /kɔːt/. Also catch a bus, catch a cold. | attraper Also a cold (attraper un rhume) and a train. Rattraper = catch up with. | atrapar also: coger (Spain), agarrar (Latin America) Coger is everyday in Spain but vulgar (sexual) in much of Latin America, where agarrar does the job. |
to crawl verb | to crawl Babies, soldiers and snakes all crawl in English; the neighbours split them. | ramper also: marcher à quatre pattes (on all fours) Ramper is flat on the belly (snake, soldier); a baby on hands and knees marche à quatre pattes. | gatear also: arrastrarse (on the belly) Gatear = crawl like a cat, on all fours (babies). On the belly: arrastrarse, reptar. |
to drag verb | to drag Also slang: 'what a drag' = how boring. | traîner Also 'to hang around, dawdle': ne traîne pas ! = don't dawdle. | arrastrar Two trilled r's. Arrastrarse = crawl. |
to drop verb | to drop Accident or on purpose. Also 'drop someone off' = give them a lift. | laisser tomber also: faire tomber (by accident) 'Let fall'. Also means to give up or to dump someone: laisse tomber = forget it. | dejar caer On purpose. By accident Spanish blames the object: se me cayó el vaso = 'the glass fell on me'. |
to hold verb | to hold Irregular: held. Hold on = wait (on the phone) or grip. | tenir Irregular like venir: je tiens, j'ai tenu. Tiens ! = here you go / well, well. | sostener also: sujetar, agarrar (grip) Not tener, which is 'to have' — though Latin tenere meant hold. |
to jog verb | to jog also: to go for a run Go jogging / go for a jog. Also 'jog someone's memory'. | faire un footing also: faire du jogging, courir Footing is a French coinage from English words: in English footing means your balance, not a run. | hacer footing also: trotar (Latin America), correr Footing in Spain, borrowed via French; Latin America says trotar or salir a correr. |
to jump verb | to jump Jump rope (US) / skip (UK) = the boxer's rope. | sauter Also 'to skip' a page and 'to blow up'. Sauter à la corde = skip rope. | saltar also: brincar (Mexico, everyday) Saltar a la comba (Spain) / a la cuerda = skip rope. |
to kneel verb | to kneel also: to kneel down The k is silent, as in knee and know. Past knelt. | s'agenouiller also: se mettre à genoux From genou, knee. Être à genoux = to be kneeling. | arrodillarse also: ponerse de rodillas From rodilla, knee. |
to lean (forward, over) verb | to lean also: to lean forward, to lean over Lean on / against = rest your weight on. Past leant (UK) or leaned. | se pencher also: s'appuyer (contre) (lean against) Se pencher = lean over, forwards or out of a window. Resting your weight is s'appuyer. | inclinarse also: asomarse (lean out), apoyarse (lean against) Asomarse is leaning out of a window or door; apoyarse is resting against. |
to leap verb | to leap A big, sudden jump. Past leapt /lɛpt/ (UK) or leaped. | bondir Un bond = a leap. Also to jump up in surprise or anger. | brincar also: dar un salto In Spain brincar is a playful leap; in Mexico it's the everyday 'jump'. |
to lie down verb | to lie down Lie (lay, lain) is what YOU do; lay (laid) is what you do to a thing. 'I'm going to lay down' is common but marked wrong. | s'allonger also: se coucher (go to bed), s'étendre S'allonger is lying down any time; se coucher is going to bed. Être allongé = to be lying. | tumbarse also: acostarse (go to bed; Latin America: lie down), echarse Spain tumbarse; acostarse is going to bed there, but just lying down in much of Latin America. |
to lift verb | to lift Also a UK noun: the lift = the elevator; give me a lift = drive me. | soulever also: lever (raise: a hand, the arm) Soulever is lifting something heavy off the ground; lever is raising (lever la main). Soulever de la fonte = lift weights (familiar). | levantar also: alzar Levantar pesas = lift weights. Without 'se' it takes an object; levantarse is to get up. |
to march verb | to march Soldiers, protests, and 'march in place' in a warm-up. | marcher au pas also: défiler (parade, protest) Marcher alone is plain walking — march in step is marcher au pas; a protest or parade défile. | marchar also: desfilar (parade) Marcharse (reflexive) = to leave. ¡Marchando! = coming right up (in a bar). |
to pick up (from the floor) verb | to pick up Phrasal: pick it up (the pronoun goes in the middle). Also collect someone, learn casually, answer the phone. | ramasser Ramasser is from the floor; aller chercher is picking someone up (at the station). | recoger also: coger del suelo (Spain) Also collect someone and tidy up: recoger la habitación = tidy the room. |
to point verb | to point Point AT something. 'It's rude to point.' | montrer du doigt also: pointer (du doigt) 'Show with the finger'. Also figuratively: to single someone out for blame. | señalar Also 'to point out' a fact. |
to pull verb | to pull PULL on doors. The vowel is short /ʊ/, as in 'put' — not 'pool'. | tirer TIREZ on doors. Also 'to shoot' and 'to draw' (a card, lots). | jalar also: tirar de (Spain) Latin America says jalar and it takes the thing directly (JALE on doors). Spain says tirar de la cuerda — with de — and tirar alone means throw. |
to push verb | to push PUSH on doors. Short /ʊ/, like pull. | pousser POUSSEZ on doors. Also 'to grow' (plants, hair). | empujar EMPUJE on doors. |
to put down verb | to put down Also 'to insult someone' and, of an animal, to put to sleep. | poser also: déposer Poser = put down gently; also poser une question = ask a question. | dejar also: poner, soltar (let go) Dejar is put down AND leave AND let: déjalo aquí = put it down here. |
to stand up / get up verb | to stand up also: to get up Stand up from a chair; get up from bed or the floor. Stand = be standing. | se lever also: se mettre debout Also 'to get up' in the morning. Lever without se = raise something. | levantarse also: ponerse de pie, pararse (Latin America) In much of Latin America pararse = stand up; in Spain it means to stop. |
to stretch verb | to stretch Before training: stretch, do some stretches. After waking up, too. | s'étirer also: faire des étirements Étirer without se is stretching a thing out. | estirarse also: hacer estiramientos Estirar las piernas = stretch the legs. |
to squat (down) verb | to squat also: to crouch Also the gym exercise (do squats) and to occupy a building illegally. | s'accroupir also: faire des squats (gym) In the gym: des squats, or des flexions. | ponerse en cuclillas also: agacharse, hacer sentadillas (gym) In the gym a squat is una sentadilla. |
to throw verb | to throw Irregular: threw, thrown. Throw up = vomit; throw away = bin. | lancer also: jeter (throw away, toss) Lancer is throwing to someone or at a target; jeter is getting rid of it. | lanzar also: tirar (Spain), aventar (Mexico) In Spain tirar is the everyday throw — and throw away. |
to tiptoe verb | to tiptoe English makes a verb of it; its neighbours all need a phrase. | marcher sur la pointe des pieds 'Walk on the tip of the feet'. Also figuratively: to tread carefully. | andar de puntillas also: caminar de puntitas (Mexico) |
to trip (over) verb | to trip also: to trip over Trip OVER something. Also a noun: a trip = a journey. | trébucher Trébucher sur une pierre. Faire un croche-pied = trip someone up. | tropezar also: tropezarse Tropezar con una piedra. Also 'to run into' someone. |
to slip verb | to slip Slip on ice. Also 'it slipped my mind'. | glisser Also 'to slide' and 'to be slippery': ça glisse. | resbalar also: resbalarse Both forms are everyday: resbalé / me resbalé. |
to wave (the hand) verb | to wave Wave AT someone, wave goodbye. Also a noun: a wave in the sea. | faire signe de la main also: faire coucou (familiar) No single verb. Faire coucou is the friendly wave, especially to children. | saludar con la mano also: hacer adiós con la mano (goodbye) Saludar alone = greet. |
to clap verb | to clap also: to applaud Clap your hands. Applaud is the formal, audience word. | applaudir also: taper dans ses mains Taper dans ses mains is clapping to the beat or for attention. | aplaudir also: dar palmas, dar palmadas Palmas is the rhythmic clapping of flamenco. |
to do a cartwheel verb | to do a cartwheel Named after the wheel of a cart; the neighbours mostly just say 'wheel'. | faire la roue Also what a peacock does, spreading its tail — and, figuratively, showing off. | hacer la rueda also: hacer la voltereta lateral, hacer la estrella (Latin America) |
to bow verb | to bow Rhymes with 'now'. The bow /bəʊ/ that rhymes with 'go' is a ribbon or an archer's bow. | s'incliner also: saluer (stage, dojo) Also 'to give in, accept defeat': je m'incline. In the dojo you saluer. | hacer una reverencia also: inclinarse, saludar (dojo) |