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je freine

brakes, slows down

→ freiner
frein to brake, to slow down + e je/il/elle present; tu command
verb · 1st-person singular, present tense / 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person singular Rare #30,440
brakes, slows down For a vehicle or its driver; in the command “freine,” it means “brake.”
FR: La voiture freine devant le feu rouge.
EN: The car brakes at the red light.
Conjugation of freiner
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First freine —
Third freine —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First freine —
Third freine —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second freine —

Il freine brusquement.

He brakes suddenly.

— Serie Noire (1979)

Elle freine.

She brakes.

— La Double Vie de Véronique (1991)

Faudrait pourtant que je freine.

I really ought to slow down, though.

— Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)

Freine !

Brake!

— Carnets de voyage (2004)

Une voiture freine.

A car brakes.

— Chute libre (1993)

Il faut aborder le fait qu'il freine.

We need to address the fact that he's braking.

— Toni Erdmann (2016)

Ne freine pas d'un coup.

Don’t brake suddenly.

Freine.

Brake.

— Paddington 2 (2017)

Je freine.

I brake.

Mais freine !

But slow down!

— Out of It (1978)

Ça nous freine.

That's holding us back.

— Anaconda (2025)

Ne freine pas si brusquement.

Don’t brake so abruptly.

La BMW freine trop tard, il finit dans l'herbe.

The BMW brakes too late, and he ends up in the grass.

— F1® Le Film (2025)