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rattraper

to catch up (with), to catch

ʁ a . t ʁ a . p e
r again; back + attraper to catch, to grab
verb Uncommon #10,952
to catch up (with), to catch Often used for catching up after being behind (time, work, level) or for catching someone who is ahead or running away.
FR: Je dois rattraper mon retard.
EN: I have to catch up on my delay.
Conjugation of rattraper
rattraper
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First rattrape —
Second — rattrapez
Third rattrape rattrapent
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First rattrape —
Third rattrape rattrapent
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second rattrape rattrapez
Indicative future
SingularPlural
First rattraperai —
Third rattrapera —

Geeta sera-t-elle capable de se rattraper ?

Will Geeta be able to make up for it?

— Dangal (2016)

Le rattraper est presque impossible.

Catching up with him is almost impossible.

— Senna (2010)

Elle marcha aussi vite qu'elle put pour le rattraper.

She walked as fast as she could to catch up with him.

Si tu te dépêches, tu pourras le rattraper.

If you hurry, you can catch him.

J’ai fini par te rattraper.

I finally caught up with you.

Je vais rattraper le coup.

I’ll make it up to you.

— Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine (1981)

Vous devez rattraper le temps que vous avez perdu.

You have to make up for the time you lost.

Elle voulait rattraper les cinq ans où elle n'avait pas été près de toi.

She wanted to make up for the five years she hadn’t been there for you.

— Souvenirs de Marnie (2014)

Ben est derrière eux, mais il devrait bientôt les rattraper.

Ben is behind them, but he should catch up with them soon.

On a beaucoup de choses à rattraper.

We have a lot of catching up to do.

Je vais la rattraper.

I'm going to catch up with her.

— Le Vent se lève (2013)

On a du temps à rattraper.

We have some catching up to do.

J'ai du sommeil à rattraper.

I have some sleep to catch up on.

Qu'importe à quelle vitesse tu marches, tu ne peux pas le rattraper.

No matter how fast you walk, you can't catch up with him.

Elle courut très vite pour rattraper les autres membres.

She ran very fast to catch up with the other members.

Attention à ne pas la rattraper.

Be careful not to catch her.

— L'Arche russe (2002)

On va la rattraper.

We’re going to catch up with her.

— Le Château ambulant (2004)

Rattraper le temps que j'ai perdu.

Make up for the time I’ve lost.

— Demain tout commence (2016)

Je t'ai appelée mais j'ai pas pu te rattraper.

I called out to you, but I couldn't catch up with you.

— Battle Royale (2000)

J'ai du retard à rattraper.

I have some catching up to do.

Je n'arrive pas à vous rattraper.

I can't catch up with you.

— L'Arche russe (2002)

Essaye de te rattraper.

Try to catch up.

— On ne vit qu'une seule fois (2011)

Nous allons tenter de le rattraper.

We'll try to catch up with him.

— Le Château dans le ciel (1986)

Angelina doit agir vite pour rattraper le retard.

Angelina must act quickly to make up for lost time.

— Dangal (2016)

J'ai dû courir pour le rattraper.

I had to run to catch up with him.

Je vais te rattraper.

I’m going to catch up with you.

— Avengers : Infinity War (2018)

Trop loin pour le rattraper.

Too far away to catch up with.

— The Shadow's Edge (2025)

Il faudra rattraper aujourd'hui ce qui n'a pas été livré hier.

We’ll have to catch up today on what wasn’t delivered yesterday.

— Moscou ne croit pas aux larmes (1980)

Je vais bientôt rattraper Françoise.

I'll catch up with Françoise soon.

— Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine (1981)

J'ai couru le plus vite possible pour le rattraper.

I ran as fast as I could to catch up with him.

Elle marchait vite pour rattraper les autres.

She walked quickly to catch up with the others.

Va falloir rattraper nos parties de pêche.

We'll have to catch up on our fishing trips.

Il essayait de rattraper le train.

He was trying to catch the train.

— La Haine (1995)

On va essayer de rattraper le retard en prenant un raccourci.

We will try to make up for lost time by taking a shortcut.

On va les rattraper !

We’re going to catch up with them!

— Femmes au bord de la crise de nerfs (1988)

Si on leur court après avec une pioche, on peut encore les rattraper.

If we chase them with a pickaxe, we can still catch them.

— Jean de Florette (1986)

Désolé, mais tu dois rattraper le camion, il faut arrêter Rob.

Sorry, but you have to catch up with the truck, we have to stop Rob.

— Reconnu coupable (2026)