C1verb
faire valoir
to assert, to uphold
« Il a su faire valoir ses droits devant le tribunal. »
“He was able to assert his rights in court.”
In other languages
- Spanish hacer valer
- Portuguese fazer valer
- German geltend machen, durchsetzen
- Italian far valere
- Arabic يدافع عن، يؤكد على
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