je guette

watches for, keeps an eye out for

ɡ ɛ t → guetter
guett to watch for + e je/il/elle present; tu command
verb · first singular · present indicative Rare #29,712
watches for, keeps an eye out for
FR: Elle guette le bus à l’arrêt.
EN: She’s watching for the bus at the stop.
Conjugation of guetter
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First guette
Third guette
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First guette
Third guette
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second guette

Guette cet homme-.

Watch out for that man.

D'habitude, la police guette les voitures garées ici.

Usually, the police keep an eye on the cars parked here.

Un danger nous guette.

A danger is lurking.

— Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers (2001)

Guette un peu par-là!

Keep an eye out over there!

— La Cité des hommes (2007)

Ça me rappelle ce qui nous guette, ici.

It reminds me of what's in store for us here.

Le danger vous guette.

Danger is lurking.

— Le Loup de Wall Street (2013)

Guette ça, négro!

Check this out, nigga!

— La Cité des hommes (2007)

Tous les jours, il sort de la banque et il le guette.

Every day, he leaves the bank and watches for him.

— Dans ses yeux (2009)

Qu'il guette à travers le hublot de la tête comme le canon de bronze.

Let him peer through the porthole of the head like the bronze cannon.

— Henry V (1989)

Qui guette?

Who is watching?

— War Machine (2026)

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