Practice FrenchC1verb
empiéter sur
to encroach on
Shown here in the infinitive — the form you look up.
« Ces nouvelles mesures empiètent sur la vie privée des citoyens. »
“These new measures encroach on citizens' private lives.”
In other languages
- Spanish invadir (un ámbito ajeno)
- Portuguese invadir (um espaço alheio)
- Arabic يتعدّى على
- German eingreifen in
- Italian invadere (un ambito altrui)
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