tolérer
tolerate, put up with
verb toh-leh-REH Less Common
Origin: Latin tolerare
Usage Note
Tolérer implies reluctant acceptance rather than approval, making it stronger than accepter. The related noun tolérance covers both social tolerance and medical tolerance to a drug. In formal registers you may see il est toléré de + infinitive meaning 'it is permitted to.'
Examples
"Je ne peux pas tolérer cette attitude."
Natural Translation
I cannot tolerate this attitude.
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