Also means
to suffice
Usage Note
Suffire powers the everyday exclamation ça suffit ! (that's enough!) and the impersonal il suffit de plus an infinitive, meaning 'all you need to do is'. It is irregular — present tense je suffis — though its past participle is the short suffi.
Examples
"Ça suffit, arrêtez de vous disputer."
Natural Translation
That is enough, stop arguing.
Literal Translation
That suffices, stop yourselves from arguing.

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