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se comporter

to behave

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phrase Uncommon #10,188
to behave Used to describe how someone acts, often followed by an adverb such as bien (well) or convenablement (properly).
FR: Les enfants doivent se comporter calmement.
EN: The children must behave calmly.

Marie demanda à son fils de bien se comporter.

Mary asked her son to behave well.

Ce garçon ne sait pas comment se comporter.

This boy doesn't know how to behave.

Tu as déjà vu un beau-père riche se comporter comme ça ?

Have you ever seen a rich stepfather behave like that?

— The Shadow's Edge (2025)

Je lui dis constamment de bien se comporter.

I constantly tell him/her to behave.

Il lui suffit de se faire belle et de se comporter convenablement.

All she has to do is make herself beautiful and behave appropriately.

— Picnic (1955)

Il s'est mis à se comporter bizarrement.

He started acting strangely.

Elle s'est mise à se comporter bizarrement.

She started behaving strangely.

Il est bien se comporter.

He behaves well.

— Porn in the Hood (2012)

Je n'ai jamais vu Tom se comporter de cette façon auparavant.

I’ve never seen Tom behave this way before.

Je n'ai jamais vu Tom se comporter comme cela avant.

I've never seen Tom behave like that before.