patiner

to ice skate, to skid

p a . t i . n e
patin skate + er Infinitive
verb Rare #24,878
to ice skate
FR: J'aime patiner sur le lac en hiver.
EN: I like to ice skate on the lake in winter.
to skid Used for vehicles/tires losing traction, especially on wet or icy roads.
FR: La voiture a commencé à patiner sur la route verglacée.
EN: The car began to skid on the icy road.

Allons patiner.

Let's go skating.

— Bouge pas, meurs, ressuscite (1990)

Il m'est difficile de patiner.

I find it difficult to skate.

Elle ne sait même pas patiner.

She doesn't even know how to skate.

— Benni (2019)

Est-ce sans risque de patiner sur ce lac?

Is it safe to skate on this lake?

Mes parents m'ont appris à patiner quand j'avais trois ans.

My parents taught me how to skate when I was three years old.

Pensez-vous que l'étang est suffisamment gelé pour patiner dessus?

Do you think the pond is frozen enough to skate on?

Ma mère ne veut pas que j'aille patiner sur l'étang.

My mother doesn't want me to go skating on the pond.

Nous allons patiner.

We are going ice skating.

— Assurance sur la mort (1944)

Vous allez patiner, hein?

You're going skating, right?

— Assurance sur la mort (1944)

Nous avons eu plaisir à patiner.

We had fun skating.

Allons patiner, d'accord?

Let's go skating, okay?

— Bouge pas, meurs, ressuscite (1990)

Elle est capable de patiner.

She is able to skate.

La glace est trop fine pour y pouvoir patiner.

The ice is too thin to skate on.

Et je t'ai dit que nous allions patiner.

And I told you we were going skating.

— Assurance sur la mort (1944)

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