tu avoues

admit, confess, admit defeat

→ avouer
avou admit; confess + es tu present or subjunctive
verb · 2nd-person singular, present tense Rare #49,953
admit, confess The same form can be used with « te » in the reflexive expression « s’avouer vaincu »: to admit defeat.
FR: Tu avoues ton erreur.
EN: You admit your mistake.
admit defeat Used reflexively in « s’avouer vaincu » (literally, to admit oneself defeated).
FR: Tu t’avoues vaincu après ce match.
EN: You admit defeat after this match.
Conjugation of avouer
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First avoue —
Second avoues avouez
Third avoue —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First avoue —
Second avoues —
Third avoue —

Tu t'avoues vaincu ?

Are you admitting defeat?

— Shower (1999)

Il espérait que t'avoues ?

Was he hoping you'd confess?

— The Rip (2026)

Si tu avoues, je te pardonne.

If you confess, I’ll forgive you.

— Secret Sunshine (2007)

Et tu avoues sans la moindre honte.

And you admit it without the slightest shame.

— The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)