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rendre

to give back

verb RAHN-druh Common
Communication Expressions

Also means

to make

Usage Note

Rendre means to return something borrowed, but it also means to render or make, as in ça me rend fou for 'that drives me crazy'. The reflexive se rendre splits two ways: se rendre à means to go somewhere, while se rendre alone means to surrender.

Examples

"Rends-moi mon stylo."

Natural Translation

Give me back my pen.

Literal Translation

Give-to-me my pen.

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