emballer

Definition: to pack (up)

Il faut encore que j'emballe mes livres - I still need to pack up my books

(informal) - to thrill

Ses idées ne m'ont pas emballé - I wasn't thrilled by his ideas

(familiar) - to arrest, nick; to seduce, pick up

Related: emballage (m) - packing, wrapping, packaging; emballement (m) - flash of enthusiasm or anger; un emballeur - packer

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