Usage Note
jongler means to juggle objects, but is widely used figuratively — jongler avec les chiffres (to juggle figures), jongler avec plusieurs projets (to juggle multiple projects). The agent noun is jongleur / jongleuse (juggler), which in medieval French also meant a wandering minstrel.
Examples
"Il jongle avec trois balles en même temps."
Natural Translation
He juggles three balls at the same time.
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