avouons in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for avouons in the French»English Dictionary

I.avouer [avwe] VB trans

1. avouer:

avouer (confesser) amour, haine

to confess (à qn to sb)

avouer crime

to confess (to)

avouer (admettre) incartade, faiblesse

to admit (à qn to sb)

avouer ignorance, dépit, peur

to admit ou confess (à qn to sb)

avouer un penchant pour qc

to admit (to) a weakness for sth

‘je ne sais pas, ’ avoua-t-il

‘I don't know, ’ he admitted

avoue(-le), tu as triché

admit it, you cheated

avouer avoir fait qc

to admit ou confess to having done sth

elle avoue ne pas travailler

she admits that she isn't working

j'avoue m'être trompé

I admit I made a mistake

avouer que

to admit ou confess (that)

(il est) impossible de lui faire avouer que …

you'll never get him to admit that …

2. avouer (reconnaître):

avouer

to admit

c'est cher, je l'avoue

I must admit, it's expensive

avoue ou tu avoueras que c'est ridicule

you must admit, it's ridiculous

j'avoue qu'il fait chaud

I must admit (that) it's hot

II.avouer [avwe] VB intr (faire des aveux)

avouer inculpé, suspect:

to confess

avouer fautif:

to own up

III.s'avouer VB refl

1. s'avouer (se déclarer):

s'avouer rassuré/satisfait

to say one feels reassured/satisfied

s'avouer coupable

to admit one's guilt

s'avouer battu ou vaincu

to admit defeat

2. s'avouer (à soi-même):

s'avouer motif

to admit [sth] to oneself

IV.avouer [avwe]

faute avouée est à moitié pardonnée

a fault confessed is half redressed

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s'avouer vaincu

to admit defeat (face à qn to sb, face à qc faced with sth)

avouer qc en confession

to confess sth to a priest

sous la menace avouer, signer

under duress

Translations for avouons in the English»French Dictionary

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fess up

avouer

avow

avouer

own up

avouer

to own up to having done or to doing

avouer or reconnaître avoir fait

to own up to the murder/theft

avouer avoir commis le meurtre/vol

confess crime, truth, mistake

avouer, confesser

confess desire, liking, weakness

avouer, reconnaître

to confess that …

avouer que …

confess

avouer

to confess to a crime

avouer (avoir commis) un crime

to confess to a liking for sth

avouer avoir un faible pour qc

to admit defeat

s'avouer vaincu

admit crime, wrongdoing

avouer

to admit that one has done

avouer avoir fait

to admit to sth/doing

avouer qc/avoir fait

to admit sth under questioning

avouer qc pendant un interrogatoire

avouons in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for avouons in the French»English Dictionary

I.avouer [avwe] VB trans

avouer

to admit

avouer faire qc

to admit to doing sth

je dois vous avouer que

I must confess to you that

II.avouer [avwe] VB intr

1. avouer (confesser):

avouer

to confess

2. avouer (admettre):

avouer

to admit

III.avouer [avwe] VB refl

s'avouer coupable

to confess one's guilt

s'avouer vaincu

to admit defeat

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s'avouer vaincu

to admit defeat

sincèrement avouer, dire

honestly

Translations for avouons in the English»French Dictionary

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own up

avouer

to own up to sth

avouer qc

to confess to sth

avouer qc

to confess to having done sth

avouer avoir fait qc

confess

avouer

to confess oneself sth

s'avouer qc

admit

avouer

to admit one's guilt

s'avouer coupable

to admit having done sth

avouer avoir fait qc

acknowledge mistake

avouer

own

avouer

I must say

je dois avouer

avouons Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

avouer faire qc

to admit to doing sth

je dois vous avouer que

I must confess to you that

s'avouer coupable

to confess one's guilt

s'avouer vaincu

to admit defeat

s'avouer vaincu

to admit defeat