foncer

Definition:

- to make darker

C'est plus facile de foncer les cheveux que de les éclaircir - It's easier to make your hair darker than lighter

to line a baking dish with (pie) dough

to charge at (with vers or sur) or into (with dans)

(informal) - to rush, tear, charge along

J'ai foncé au bahut - I rushed to school

Il faut que je fonce - I've got to get a move on, I've got to fly

Vas-y, fonce ! - Come on, hit it!

Related:

• foncé (adj) - dark
• fonceur/euse (inf adj) - audacious and dynamic
• un/e fonceur/euse (inf) - an audacious and dynamic person

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Pronunciation: [fo(n) say]