vendre/vɑ̃dʁ/
verb · A2 · Frequency 466
verb
Meanings
to sell
Refers to the act of selling goods or services.
to sell out (betray)
Figurative meaning, to betray or abandon someone.
Examples
Pour vendre cette voiture, il faudra la faire réviser.
To sell this car, it will have to be serviced first.
Elle hésite à vendre sa maison avant d'avoir trouvé un nouvel emploi.
She is hesitant to sell her house before finding a new job.
Vendre ses collègues pour obtenir une promotion serait déloyal.
Selling out one's colleagues to get a promotion would be disloyal.
Collocations
- vendre un produitto sell a product
- vendre un amito sell out a friend
Common mistakes
Nous vendez un produit
Nous vendons un produit
The present indicative first-person plural form of vendre is vendons; vendez is the second-person plural form and cannot agree with the subject nous.
Related words
Grammar note
Vendre is an essential pronominal verb and uses the auxiliary verb avoir in compound tenses.
verb
Meanings
to sell
Refers to the act of selling goods or services.
to sell out (betray)
Figurative meaning, to betray or abandon someone.
Examples
Vendant ses légumes au marché, elle discutait avec ses clients.
Selling her vegetables at the market, she chatted with her customers.
Vendant ses dessins en ligne, il a trouvé de nouveaux clients.
Selling his drawings online, he found new clients.
Vendant ses associés pour obtenir une promotion, il a perdu leur confiance.
Betraying his associates to get a promotion, he lost their trust.
Grammar note
Vendre is an essential pronominal verb and uses the auxiliary verb avoir in compound tenses.
verb
Meanings
to sell
Refers to the act of selling goods or services.
to sell out (betray)
Figurative meaning, to betray or abandon someone.
Examples
Le dernier billet a été vendu en quelques minutes.
The last ticket was sold within a few minutes.
Les légumes sont déjà vendu au marché du village.
The vegetables have already been sold at the village market.
Il s'est senti vendu par ses propres camarades.
He felt betrayed by his own comrades.
Grammar note
Vendre is an essential pronominal verb and uses the auxiliary verb avoir in compound tenses.
verb
Meanings
to sell
Refers to the act of selling goods or services.
to sell out (betray)
Figurative meaning, to betray or abandon someone.
Examples
Tu vends tes vieux livres sur Internet.
You sell your old books online.
Je vends des pâtisseries au marché le samedi.
I sell pastries at the market on Saturdays.
Tu vends tes amis pour obtenir une promotion.
You sell out your friends to get a promotion.
Grammar note
Vendre is an essential pronominal verb and uses the auxiliary verb avoir in compound tenses.
verb
Meanings
to sell
Refers to the act of selling goods or services.
to sell out (betray)
Figurative meaning, to betray or abandon someone.
Examples
Chaque samedi, il vend des légumes sur le marché du quartier.
Every Saturday, he sells vegetables at the neighborhood market.
Cette librairie vend des romans d'occasion à prix abordable.
This bookstore sells used novels at affordable prices.
Après son arrestation, il vend ses complices à la police.
After his arrest, he sells out his accomplices to the police.
Collocations
- vendre un produitto sell a product
- vendre un amito sell out a friend
Common mistakes
Nous vendez un produit
Nous vendons un produit
The present indicative first-person plural form of vendre is vendons; vendez is the second-person plural form and cannot agree with the subject nous.
Related words
Grammar note
Vendre is an essential pronominal verb and uses the auxiliary verb avoir in compound tenses.