Surprise - Surprendre (The 1053rd Most Common French Word)

The French translation for Surprise is Surprendre. It can be used as verb. This word often comes up when talking about emotions. It is the 1053rd most commonly used word in French, classified as a A2 word. 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 for offline access to all of the 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: surprise

French: surprendre

Examples


I was hoping to surprise Tom.	J'espérais surprendre Tom.
I want to surprise him.	Je veux le surprendre.
I thought I'd surprise you.	Je pensais te surprendre.
I wanted to surprise you.	Je voulais te surprendre.
This should surprise no one.	Ceci ne devrait surprendre personne.
It's hard to surprise you.	C'est difficile de te surprendre.
The answer will surprise you.	La réponse va te surprendre.
The answer may surprise you.	La réponse pourrait te surprendre.

I didn't want to surprise you.	Je ne voulais pas vous surprendre.
I'm always surprised by him.	Il ne cesse de me surprendre.
It's hard to surprise her.	Il est difficile de la surprendre.
It's hard to surprise him.	Il est difficile de le surprendre.
He washed the plates up to surprise her.	Il lava les assiettes pour la surprendre.
You never cease to surprise me.	Vous ne cessez jamais de me surprendre.
Be surprised by an unusual accommodation combining comfort and nature.	Laissez vous surprendre par un logement insolite alliant le confort et la nature.
Be surprised by the Butoh dance performances and poetic intermezzos.	Laissez-vous surprendre par les performances de danse Butoh et les intermèdes poétiques.
You know jonathan's always fixin' to surprise us with one thing or another.	Tu sais que Jonathan prévoit toujours de nous surprendre avec quelque chose.
We are confident that we can surprise even experienced gourmets.	Nous sommes confiants que nous pouvons surprendre les gourmets, même expérimentés.
The sentence passed on Maurice Papon ought not to surprise you.	L es peines infligées à Maurice Papon ne devraient pas vous surprendre.
You have many surprises, poet.	Tu ne cesses de me surprendre, poète.
Sneak/ climb and hide to surprise your victims.	Sneak / grimper et se cacher pour surprendre vos victimes.