se planter

to mess up; to make a mistake

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phrase Rare #35,972
to mess up; to make a mistake Informal. Depending on context, it can also mean to position oneself somewhere or (of a computer or system) to crash.
FR: On risque de se planter.
EN: We might mess up.

Personne ne va se planter.

Nobody's going to mess up.

— Crime 101 (2026)

On risque de se planter.

We might mess up.

— Même la pluie (2011)

Ouais, on va encore se planter.

Yeah, we're going to mess up again.

— Crime 101 (2026)

On va se planter !

We’re going to screw this up!

— Taxi (1998)

Écarte-toi, on va se planter !

Move aside, we're going to crash!

— Salyut-7 (2017)