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pretty

1. adjective joli/-e;
   it was not a ~ sight ce n'était pas beau à voir.

2. adverb (colloquial) (very) vraiment;
   (fairly) assez;
   ~ good pas mal du tout.

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'pretty' found in these entries:

English:

a - itself - quaint - sight - some - thing

French:

beau - bon - comme - coquet - croquer - joli - le - manchot - minet - n'est-ce pas - que - rue

pretty: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations/Principales traductions
pretty	adj	(person) qn	joli, mignon adj
Your daughter is so pretty in that dress.
Votre fille est si jolie (or: mignonne) dans cette robe.
pretty	adj	(sthg) qqch	joli, beau adj
That is a pretty photo of the lake at sunset.
C'est une jolie (or: belle) photo du lac au coucher du soleil.
pretty	adv	colloquial (very) très : populaire	rudement adv
		familier	vachement adv
		familier, vieilli	sacrément adv
That's pretty nasty. Try saying something less offensive.
C'est rudement méchant. Essaie de te montrer moins insultant.
C'est vachement méchant. Essaie d'être moins insultant.
C'est sacrément méchant ! Essaie d'être moins insultant.
Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires
pretty	adj	colloquial (considerable) familier : considérable	sacré adj
I've walked pretty far today, and I'm tired.
On a parcouru une sacrée distance aujourd'hui et je suis fatigué.
pretty	adj	figurative (sth said: beautiful) figuré	beau adj
Thank you for saying that. That was so pretty.
Merci d'avoir dit ça. C'était si beau.
pretty	adj	ironic (ironic: grand!) ironique	joli, super adj inv
Oh, pretty! She spilled her breakfast all over the floor.
Oh, joli (or: super) ! Elle a laissé tomber son petit déjeuner par terre.
pretty	adv	colloquial (moderately) modérément	plutôt adv
		familier : modérément	joliment adv
It is pretty expensive, but I'm still going to buy it.
C'est plutôt cher, mais je vais quand même l'acheter.
C'est joliment cher, mais je vais quand même l'acheter.
pretty	vtr	(improve appearance of) familier	faire beau vtr
		familier	refaire une beauté vi
I'm going to need to pretty you up before I can take you to the dance.
Je vais devoir te faire belle avant de t'amener au bal.
Je vais devoir te refaire une beauté avant de t'amener au bal.
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Compound Forms/Formes composées
a pretty penny		nf	une jolie somme
pretty as a picture		adj	ravissant
pretty good			assez bien
pretty hard		adj	un peu dur
pretty much			à peu près
pretty much the same			à peu près le même
pretty much the same			à peu près pareil
pretty near			assez près
pretty penny			pas mal d'argent
pretty penny		nf	petite somme
pretty up		v	enjoliver ⇒
pretty well			plutôt bien
pretty-face		adj	mignon
pretty-pretty		nm	gentil
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"I don't need something complicated, I'd like something that's pretty simple"
a pretty close call
A road to nowhere pretty
another pretty face to look at
As a whole, this double album is pretty erratic
back off (they will back off pretty quickly).
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delicate gears shifting around in her pretty little head
Don't worry your pretty little head about this.
except things pretty much sucked
Following the pretty impart the day of blast for us
FR: a very pretty house - grammaire
FR: I was getting pretty sleepy - grammaire
FR: it is not true, I only add pretty people - grammaire
FR: it's pretty well conserved - grammaire
get some pretty good deals
he was pretty much shit out of luck
He's all by himself,so he should be pretty lonely.
I feel pretty confident when using it
I have a goldfish, she's pretty, I like her.
i have been pretty busy
I'm not just a pretty face, you know
It is not pretty
it was a pretty nice day today
it's got you hitting wade's hula hooch pretty hard
It's not pretty
looking pretty pregnant
Maybe a pretty girl called him
Misses His Pretty Pretty Brown Eyes
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