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"crevé"

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Definition: (adj) - punctured, burst; (fam) - exhausted

J'ai un pneu crevé - I have a puncture / a flat (tire)

Tu as l'air crevé - You look beat/exhausted/worn out/knackered

Related: crever - to burst, puncture; to wear (someone) out; (fam) to kill; crever la faim/dalle - (fam) to be starving

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