Practice FrenchB1verb
empêcher
to prevent, to stop (from)
Shown here in the infinitive — the form you look up.
« Le bruit m’empêche de dormir la nuit. »
“The noise prevents me from sleeping at night.”
In other languages
- Spanish impedir
- Portuguese impedir
- Arabic يمنع
- German verhindern, abhalten
- Italian impedire
Related B1 words
In a story
« Il sait qu'une ligne fiable n'empêche pas les rencontres; elle leur donne simplement un autre rythme. »
from “Le train des retards”, a free B1 story you can read in full.
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