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ils interdisent

forbid, prohibit

→ interdire
inter between or among + dis to say; to tell + ent 3rd-person plural present ending
verb · 3rd-person plural, present tense Rare #45,175
forbid, prohibit For this verb, use interdire à quelqu’un de + infinitive to say that someone is forbidden from doing something.
FR: Les règles interdisent de fumer ici.
EN: The rules forbid smoking here.
Conjugation of interdire
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First interdis —
Second interdis —
Third interdit interdisent
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
Third — interdisent

Ils nous interdisent d'entrer ?

Are they forbidding us from entering?

— Le Vent se lève (2013)

Alors qu'on vient les voir, ils interdisent l'accès de leurs usines.

Even though we come to visit them, they bar us from entering their factories.

— Le Vent se lève (2013)

Ils interdisent l'accès.

They prohibit access.

— Bacurau (2019)

Les règles de l'Amtal interdisent tout abandon.

The Amtal rules prohibit any abandonment.

— Dune : Première partie (2021)

Nos lois nous interdisent de te voir partir, Ashitaka.

Our laws forbid us to see you leave, Ashitaka.

— Princesse Mononoké (1997)