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j'acharne

persists relentlessly, keeps at (something)

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verb · 1st-person singular, present tense / 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person singular Rare #49,481
persists relentlessly, keeps at (something) Usually used with a reflexive pronoun, as in s’acharner.
FR: Il s’acharne à résoudre ce problème.
EN: He keeps trying relentlessly to solve this problem.
Conjugation of acharner
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First acharne —
Third acharne —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First acharne —
Third acharne —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second acharne —

Tout le monde ici veut savoir pourquoi je m'acharne sur le défunt.

Everyone here wants to know why I keep going after the deceased.

— Le repentir (1987)

C'est comme au foot, l'histoire s'acharne sur les perdants.

It's like in soccer: history is relentless toward the losers.

— Même la pluie (2011)

Elle s'acharne.

She won't let up.

— The Strangers (2016)

Plus on s'efforce de lui échapper, plus la montagne s'acharne.

The harder we try to escape it, the more relentlessly the mountain pursues us.

— Le Cercle des neiges (2023)