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il effaça

wiped away, erased, faded, disappeared

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effaç to erase, to delete, to wipe out + a 3rd-person singular past
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #52,409
wiped away, erased A literary past-tense form, often replaced by the past tense in everyday speech.
FR: Elle effaça la tache avec un chiffon.
EN: She wiped away the stain with a cloth.
faded, disappeared Used with se: s'effacer.
FR: La trace s'effaça peu à peu.
EN: The mark gradually faded.
Conjugation of effacer
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third effaça —

Mais bientôt, sous une couche nouvelle, toute empreinte s'effaça.

But soon, beneath a fresh layer, every trace disappeared.

Il effaça son discours de la bande.

He erased his speech from the tape.

Elle effaça les larmes du garçon de ses baisers.

She wiped the boy’s tears away with her kisses.

Il s'effaça le long de la balustrade, le chapeau à la main.

He slipped along the balustrade, hat in hand.