lui rendre

to visit him/her

→ lui

phrase Common #8,770

to visit him/her Most examples use the expression « rendre visite à quelqu’un » (to visit someone). With other nouns, « lui rendre » can mean to give something back to him/her or to pay him/her tribute.

FR: Je vais lui rendre visite demain.

EN: I’m going to visit him tomorrow.

Je vais le lui rendre mais je veux pas le voir.

I'm going to give it back to him, but I don't want to see him.

— Happy Together (1997)

C'était pour le lui rendre.

It was to give it back to him.

— Rome, ville ouverte (1945)

Je vais lui rendre.

I’ll give it back to him/her.

— Les Visiteurs (1993)

Je vais les lui rendre, petit à petit.

I'm going to give them back to him, little by little.

— Une fiancée pas comme les autres (2007)

Je dois lui rendre la cape.

I must give him back the cape.

— Picnic (1955)

Je vais lui rendre son identité.

I'm going to give him back his identity.

— Infernal Affairs (2002)

Je vais tenter de lui rendre sa tête avant qu'il nous tue tous.

I’ll try to give him back his head before he kills us all.

— Princesse Mononoké (1997)

Tu dois lui rendre le livre.

You have to give him the book back.

Lui rendre sa tête ?

Give him back his head?

— Princesse Mononoké (1997)

Tu pourrais lui rendre un service ?

Could you do him a favor?

Les villageois doivent lui rendre un dernier hommage.

The villagers must pay their last respects to him.

— The Road Home (1999)

Dis à Devdas d'aller le lui rendre.

Tell Devdas to go return it to him.

— Devdas (2002)

Je voulais lui rendre un peu le sourire.

I wanted to put a little smile back on their face.

— मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस (2003)

Je passais lui rendre sa clef.

I was stopping by to return his key.

— 2046 (2004)

Il me demanda de lui rendre l'argent immédiatement.

He asked me to pay him back immediately.