Shock, offend, shake, disturb - Choquer (The 2526th Most Common French Word)
The French translation for Shock, offend, shake, disturb is Choquer. This word often comes up when talking about sickness & injuries, activities & movements, emotions, body & health, communication, cooperation. It can be used as verb. It is classified as a B2 word, and is the 2526th most common word in French. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced by clicking on the speaker icon. Download our app to practice this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.
Pronunciation
English:
shock, offend, shake, disturb
French:
choquer
Examples
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| I was in too much shock to resist. | J'étais trop choquer pour résisté. |
| Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate. | L'obscénité est tout ce qui se trouve choquer un quelconque magistrat âgé et ignorant. |
| The idea... must shock every honest and well-meaning Englishman. | L'idée... doit choquer tous les Anglais honnêtes et bien intentionnés. |
| And that can be quite a shock to people. | Et cela peut considérablement choquer les gens. |
| Now, I don't want to offend anyone here this evening with my language. | Je ne veux choquer personne avec mon langage. |
| Dialogues and webcams available here may offend some sensibilities. | Les dialogues et les webcams disponibles ici peuvent choquer certaines sensibilités. |
| I don't even know why I'm shocked. | Ça devrait même pas me choquer. |
| It seems shocking for Anna to find me en deshabille. | Cela pourrait choquer Anna de me trouver déshabillé. |
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| Drinking ice-cold water after sweating it out may shock your internal organs and digestive system. | Boire de l'eau glacée après la transpiration peut choquer vos organes internes et votre système digestif. |
| It is purposely jarring and may at times shock the sensibility of younger readers. | Il est ainsi volontairement abrupt, et peut parfois choquer la sensibilité des plus jeunes. |
| The expression "retirement", did not even seem shocking. | L'expression « retraite » ne semblait même pas choquer. |
| This is something that should be alarming and shocking to all Canadians. | C'est un plan qui devrait alarmer et choquer tous les Canadiens. |
| It might even shock 'em. | Ça va peut-être même les choquer. |
| We needed to shock you to get your heart going. | Il a fallu vous choquer pour faire redémarrer votre cœur. |
| And sometimes art is made to shock and disturb the viewer. | Parfois, l'art est fait pour choquer et déranger. |
| Schengen has the kind of totalitarian features which would shock any democrat. | Schengen présente justement les caractéristiques totalitaires qui devraient choquer tout démocrate. |
| The acts of terror committed against Israelis in 2011 should shock all decent people. | Les actes de terrorisme perpétrés contre des Israéliens en 2011 devraient choquer toute personne décente. |
| All right, prepare to shock. | Très bien, prêt à choquer. |
| She thinks she's shocking people, but I'm studying her. | Elle pensait choquer les gens, mais je l'étudiais. |
| Shock and bad taste doesn't necessarily equate with originality. | Original ne rime pas forcément avec mauvais goût et désir de choquer. |
| I will now shock you even more. | Je vais à présent te choquer plus encore. |
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