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tête

head

noun tet Common

Usage Note

Tête fills countless idioms: avoir mal à la tête is a headache, en avoir par-dessus la tête means to be fed up, and faire la tête is to sulk. A tête-à-tête is a private one-on-one, while se creuser la tête means to rack one's brains.

Examples

"J'ai mal à la tête."

Natural Translation

I have a headache.

Literal Translation

I have pain to the head.

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