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effacer

to erase, to delete, to wipe out

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verb Uncommon #16,777
to erase, to delete, to wipe out The exact translation depends on what is being removed: writing or a file can be erased or deleted; something figurative, such as the past, can be wiped out.
FR: Tu peux effacer ce message.
EN: You can delete this message.
Conjugation of effacer
effacer
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First efface —
Second — effacez
Third efface —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First efface —
Third efface —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second efface effacez
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third effaça —

Tu ne peux pas effacer le passé.

You can't erase the past.

Effacer, effacer.

Erase, erase.

— Reconnu coupable (2026)

J'ai dû l'effacer.

I had to delete it.

— Love Actually (2003)

J'aimerais trouver comment effacer mon compte Facebook.

I’d like to find out how to delete my Facebook account.

Aidez-le à effacer les tourments et à clore ce chapitre de sa vie.

Help him erase the torment and close this chapter of his life.

— Tigre & Dragon (2000)

Il souhaite effacer de mauvais souvenirs.

He wants to erase bad memories.

Viens, je vais l'effacer.

Come on, I’ll erase it.

— M le maudit (1931)

Il court chez lui pour effacer l'historique de son navigateur.

He runs home to clear his browser history.

On ne peut effacer le passé.

You can’t erase the past.

On ne peut pas effacer le passé.

The past cannot be erased.

Peut-on effacer autant de rouge ?

Can that much red be erased?

— Avengers (2012)

Vous devez faire face au public et à Dieu et vous effacer.

You must face the public and God, and put yourself aside.

— Tár (2022)

Effacer.

To erase.

— Reconnu coupable (2026)

Skynet devait effacer son existence.

Skynet was supposed to erase its existence.

— Terminator (1984)

Ou dois-je tout effacer ?

Where should I erase everything?

— Star Trek IV : Retour sur Terre (1986)

Je regarderai, mais j'ai dû l'effacer.

I’ll take a look, but I had to delete it.

— Love Actually (2003)

Je leur ai montré comment brouiller les pistes, effacer leurs traces.

I showed them how to cover their tracks, how to erase their traces.

— Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Je voudrais l'effacer.

I would like to delete it.

— Avengers (2012)

Il devait effacer ce crime de son esprit.

He needed to erase that crime from his mind.

— Psychose (1960)

J'aimerais effacer cette dette gravée en rouge.

I’d like to erase this debt etched in red.

— Avengers (2012)

Peux-tu effacer cette photo ?

Can you delete this photo?

Tu pourrais effacer les dettes de ta mère.

You could wipe out your mother’s debts.

— Better Days (2019)

Me reviendront pour s'effacer encore.

They’ll come back to me, only to fade away again.

— L'ironie du sort, ou profitez de votre bain ! (1976)

Ils veulent effacer toute trace.

They want to erase all traces.

— La vie est belle (1997)

Non, mais lui aussi, il aurait pu l'effacer.

No, but he could have deleted it too.

— Perfetti sconosciuti (2016)

T'as dû l'effacer en te lavant les mains.

You must have washed it off when you washed your hands.

— Rang de Basanti (2006)

J'essaie d'effacer ça de ma mémoire.

I'm trying to erase that from my memory.