je ronge

gnaws, eats away at

→ ronger
rong gnaw + e present-tense je/il/elle or subjunctive ending; tu imperative
verb · 1st-person singular, present tense / 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person singular Uncommon #21,163
gnaws, eats away at
FR: Le chien ronge son os.
EN: The dog gnaws on its bone.
Conjugation of ronger
Indicative present
SingularPlural
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Third ronge —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First ronge —
Third ronge —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second ronge —

Une peur qui ronge en profondeur.

A fear that eats away at you from the inside out.

— Apocalypto (2006)

Benjamin, ne ronge pas tes ongles.

Benjamin, don't bite your nails.

— Les Fraises sauvages (1957)

Et elle se ronge les ongles lors des visites.

And she bites her nails during visits.

— Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

Voilà le mal qui ronge l'humanité.

This is the evil that is eating away at humanity.

Mais si quelque chose te ronge parles-en.

But if something is bothering you, talk about it.

— Les Sept Samouraïs (1954)

Les rations de nourriture ne suffisent plus, on ronge les os.

Food rations are no longer sufficient; they are gnawing on bones.

— Le Cercle des neiges (2023)

Rendre le pouvoir au peuple de Rome et mettre fin à la corruption qui la ronge.

Return power to the people of Rome and put an end to the corruption eating away at it.

— Gladiator (2000)

Il ronge le fer, mord l'acier, et réduit les pierres en poussière.

It gnaws at iron, bites steel, and reduces stone to dust.

— Le Hobbit : Un voyage inattendu (2012)

Et quand la maladie vous ronge, le malheur n'est pas loin.

And when illness eats away at you, misfortune is never far behind.

— Le Hobbit : Un voyage inattendu (2012)

Mon crime, mon péché, me ronge.

My crime, my sin, is eating away at me.

— Haider (2014)

La rouille ronge le fer.

Rust eats away at iron.

Un grand mal ronge cette société.

A great evil is eating away at this society.

Ça fait rien, quand le ver ronge le chou c'est lui qui crève le premier.

It doesn't matter—when the worm gnaws on the cabbage, it's the one that dies first.

— Guerre et Paix (1968)

Ne te ronge pas les ongles !

Don’t bite your nails!

Tom se ronge les ongles.

Tom bites his nails.

Te ronge pas les ongles.

Don't bite your nails.

— Les Diaboliques (1955)

La peur de la solitude te ronge.

The fear of loneliness is eating you up inside.

— Le repentir (1987)

Qu'est-ce qui te ronge ?

What's eating away at you?

— Le Roi lion (1994)

L'inquiétude du demain le ronge chaque nuit.

The worry about tomorrow gnaws at him every night.

Le doute le ronge déjà.

Doubt is already eating away at him.

— Le Seigneur des anneaux : Les Deux Tours (2002)

Ne ronge pas tes ongles.

Don't bite your nails.