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- con noun [ countable ] / kɒn/ a trick to get money from sb escroquerie [ feminine ], informal arnaque [ feminine ]
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- Bercé trop près du mur. Tu as été bercé trop près du mur ! literally means, “You’ve been cradled too close to the wall!” It’s a hard-hitting expression.
- Être bête comme ses pieds. Bête comme ses pieds means “dumb as his own feet.” Feet are the furthest body part from the brain, so they’re probably very dumb.
- Con comme un balai. Con comme un balai means “as stupid as a broomstick.” “Con” means “stupid” in vulgar (but very common) French slang. It’s somehow less vulgar within this colorful French expression, though.
- Bas-de-plafond. Bas-de-plafond literally means “with a low ceiling.” (Un plafond is a ceiling, un toit is a roof.) Someone who is bas-de-plafond is not very smart, but also not very kind, or is spiteful.
It's probably one of the most common words in spoken French, ever ;-) Calling someone "un con" = saying they're a moron. If a question is con, it's silly, basically. In this context it translate to "dumb questions".
English translation of 'con' con. [kɔ̃ ] (very informal) Word forms: con, conne [kɔn ] adjective. [personne] bloody (Brit) (informal) stupid ⧫ goddamn (USA) (informal) stupid. c’est con, ... (very informal) C’est con, on aurait dû les acheter avant de partir. How stupid, we should have bought them before we left. masculine noun/feminine noun.
French translation of 'con' con. [ˈkɒn ] transitive verb. [person] arnaquer ⧫ escroquer. to con somebody into doing something tromper quelqu’un pour lui faire faire quelque chose. to con somebody out of something soutirer quelque chose à quelqu’un. noun. escroquerie f. The whole thing was a big con. Tout cela n’était qu’une vaste escroquerie.
CON translate: stupid, dumb, a shame, a bummer, jerk, silly bitch. Learn more in the Cambridge French-English Dictionary.
con translation in French - English Reverso dictionary, see also 'cône, coin, conçu, conf.', examples, definition, conjugation.
