B2verb
étayer
to back up, to substantiate
« Il faudrait étayer cette affirmation par des chiffres précis. »
“This claim should be backed up with precise figures.”
In other languages
- Spanish respaldar, sustentar
- Portuguese fundamentar, sustentar
- German untermauern
- Italian suffragare, corroborare
- Arabic يعزّز
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