fatiguer/fa.ti.ɡe/
verb · A2 · Frequency 1278
verb
Meanings
to tire out; to exhaust
Used when something or someone makes a person feel tired or exhausted.
to bore; to annoy
Used when someone or something makes another person feel bored, fed up, or irritated.
to get tired; to become fatigued
Used when a person or thing becomes tired or fatiguing on its own.
Examples
Le marathon a fatigué Paul.
The marathon exhausted Paul.
Les mêmes excuses ont fatigué la directrice.
The same excuses annoyed the director.
Après huit heures de route, il est fatigué.
After eight hours of driving, he is tired.
Collocations
- fatiguer quelqu’unto tire someone out
- fatiguer l’auditoireto bore the audience
- se fatiguer rapidementto get tired quickly
Common mistakes
Je me ne fatigue pas facilement.
Je ne me fatigue pas facilement.
With the reflexive form of fatiguer, the pronoun me must come between ne and the verb, not before ne.
Related words
synonymépuiserto exhaust, to wear out
synonymlasserto tire, weary, bore
Grammar note
Fatiguer can be used transitively to mean causing someone to be tired or annoyed; as a pronominal verb fatiguer se, it means to become tired oneself.