il frappa

hit, struck, knocked

→ frapper
frapp to knock + a 3rd-person singular past
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Uncommon #16,208
hit, struck This past-tense form is mainly used in written narratives.
FR: Il frappa son adversaire.
EN: He hit his opponent.
knocked This past-tense form is mainly used in written narratives.
FR: Elle frappa à la porte.
EN: She knocked on the door.
Conjugation of frapper
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third frappa —

Elle le frappa à l'aide d'un marteau.

She hit him with a hammer.

Il frappa la balle avec la batte.

He hit the ball with the bat.

J'avais à peine fermé la porte que quelqu'un frappa.

I had barely closed the door when someone knocked.

Victor le jeta à terre et le frappa à coups de pied.

Victor threw him to the ground and kicked him.

Mais aussitôt une idée me frappa.

But then an idea suddenly struck me.

Tom frappa fort.

Tom knocked hard.

Il le frappa tandis qu'il était à terre.

He hit him while he was on the ground.

George le frappa à l'estomac.

George punched him in the stomach.

Elle me frappa sur l'épaule.

She hit me on the shoulder.

Tom frappa à nouveau.

Tom knocked again.

Tom frappa John dans l'estomac.

Tom punched John in the stomach.

Il frappa violemment sur ma table.

He slammed his fist down on my table.

Il frappa un ivrogne de son bâton.

He hit a drunkard with his stick.

Il frappa du poing sur la table.

He banged his fist on the table.

On frappa bruyamment à la porte de ma chambre.

There was a loud knock at my bedroom door.

Tom frappa Mary.

Tom hit Mary.

Tom frappa discrètement à la porte de la chambre à coucher de Manon.

Tom quietly knocked on the door of Manon’s bedroom.

Elle frappa la balle avec force.

She hit the ball hard.

Il eut des mots avec son ami et le frappa alors.

He had words with his friend and then hit him.

Tom frappa plus fort.

Tom knocked harder.

Le détective frappa la terre du pied.

The detective stamped his foot on the ground.

L'homme me frappa sur la tête.

The man hit me on the head.

L’huissier Ralphson apparut et frappa le gong de la scène.

The stagehand Ralphson appeared and struck the stage gong.

Il le frappa à la tête.

He hit him on the head.

Elle le frappa encore et encore.

She hit him again and again.

Il prit un petit marteau et frappa le gong devant lui.

He picked up a small hammer and struck the gong in front of him.

Il se frappa le front.

He slapped his forehead.

L'éclair frappa la tour.

Lightning struck the tower.