contenté in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for contenté in the French»English Dictionary

I.contenter [kɔ̃tɑ̃te] VB trans

contenter clientèle, envie, désir, curiosité:

contenter

to satisfy

il est facile/difficile à contenter

he is easy/hard to please

on ne peut pas contenter tout le monde

you can't please everybody

II.se contenter VB refl

se contenter refl:

se contenter de qc/de faire

to content oneself with sth/with doing

il s'est contenté d'une remarque/de faire quelques remarques

he contented himself with one remark/with making a few remarks

je me contente d'un sandwich/de peu

I make do with a sandwich/very little

je me suis contenté de jeter un coup d'œil au/de feuilleter le rapport

I just glanced at/leafed through the report

il s'est contenté de rire/d'envoyer des fleurs

he just laughed/sent flowers, all he did was laugh/send flowers

I.content (contente) [kɔ̃tɑ̃, ɑ̃t] ADJ

1. content (heureux):

content (contente)

happy, pleased (de qc with sth, de faire to do, que that)

ça te plaît? tu es content?

do you like it? are you pleased?

je suis content de jouer ce match

I'm happy to be playing in this match

ne pas avoir l'air très content

not to look very happy

je suis contente que tu sois là

I'm glad you're here

2. content (satisfait):

content (contente)

pleased, satisfied (de with)

être content de soi

to be pleased with oneself

être content de soi vaniteux:

to be self-satisfied

je suis assez content de moi

I'm quite pleased with myself

maintenant que tu as tout cassé, je suppose que tu es content?

you've broken everything, are you happy now?

non content de (faire)

not content with (doing)

non content de ne rien faire, il s'endette

not content with doing nothing, he is running up debts

II.content N m

content m:

(tout) son content manger, boire, dormir

to one's heart's content

avoir son content de iron ennuis

to have one's fill of

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content|ieux

bone of contention (avec with, entre between, sur about)

content|ieux (service)

legal department

content|ieux (affaires)

litigation

se contenter de demi-mesures

to make do with half-measures

Translations for contenté in the English»French Dictionary

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bucked

tout content

settle for

se contenter de

why settle for less?

pourquoi se contenter de moins?

to settle for second best

se contenter d'un pis-aller

to make do with

se contenter de qc

make do

se contenter de

silly season

période f creuse (où il y a une pénurie d'informations et la presse se contente de frivolités)

chuffed

vachement or super content inf (about, at, with de)

contentedly read

d'un air content

contenté in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for contenté in the French»English Dictionary

content(e) [kɔ̃tɑ̃, ɑ̃t] ADJ

1. content (heureux):

content de qc

happy about sth

être content pour qn

to be glad for sb

être content que +subj

to be glad that

2. content (satisfait):

content de qn/qc

pleased with sb/sth

être content de soi

to be pleased with oneself

I.contenter [kɔ̃tɑ̃te] VB trans

contenter personne

to please

contenter besoin

to satisfy

on ne peut pas toujours contenter tout le monde!

you can't please everybody all the time!

II.contenter [kɔ̃tɑ̃te] VB refl

se contenter de qc

to satisfy oneself with sth

Translations for contenté in the English»French Dictionary

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glad

content(e)

self-satisfied

content(e) de soi

pleased

content(e)

to be pleased with oneself

être content de soi

to be as pleased as Punch about sth

être content comme tout à propos de qc

to be gratifyied at sth

être content de qc

I'm just thankful it's over

je suis surtout content que ce soit fini subj

to content oneself with sth

se contenter de qc

to be happy about sb/sth

être content de qn/qc

I was especially happy to meet them

j'étais particulièrement content de les rencontrer

contenté Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

on ne peut pas toujours contenter tout le monde!

you can't please everybody all the time!

se contenter de qc

to satisfy oneself with sth

elle est plus que contente

she is more than happy

être assez content de soi

to be quite pleased with oneself

on n'est jamais content de son sort

the grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence) prov

être content comme tout à propos de qc

to be as pleased as Punch about sth

être à la fois triste et content

to be both sad and pleased

je n'en suis pas vraiment contente

I'm not too happy about it

j'étais particulièrement content de les rencontrer

I was especially happy to meet them

ne pas se contenter d'un non

not to take no for an answer