Definition: to strike, crash into
Son corps, éjecté de la voiture, a percuté un arbre ! - His body flew out of the car and hit a tree!
Le train a percuté un autre train - The train struck another train
L'automobiliste, qui était ivre, a percuté deux passants - The driver, who was drunk, hit two pedestrians
Attention ! Tu continues comme ça et on va percuter un arbre - Watch out! You keep going like this and we'll crash into a tree
Related: la percussion - percussion; un/e percussioniste - percussionist
(click the little graphic below to hear the Mot du jour pronounced)
Son corps, éjecté de la voiture, a percuté un arbre ! - His body flew out of the car and hit a tree!
Le train a percuté un autre train - The train struck another train
L'automobiliste, qui était ivre, a percuté deux passants - The driver, who was drunk, hit two pedestrians
Attention ! Tu continues comme ça et on va percuter un arbre - Watch out! You keep going like this and we'll crash into a tree
Related: la percussion - percussion; un/e percussioniste - percussionist
(click the little graphic below to hear the Mot du jour pronounced)
Pronunciation: [per ku tay]Audio Link
