talking - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ French Dictionary

Possible base forms

talking
talk (Verb)

Nouns

talking

la conversation

Verbs

to talk  | talked, talked |	parler
to talk (to so.)  | talked, talked |   - casually	causer (avec qn.)   - s'entretenir familièrement
to talk (in) French/Dutch/...  | talked, talked |	parler français/néerlandais/...
to talk  | talked, talked |   - gossip	jaser
to talk  | talked, talked |   - reveal information	parler   - révéler des informations
to talk about so. (or: sth.)  | talked, talked |	parler de qn. (or: qc.)
to talk so. into doing sth.	persuader qn. de faire qc.
to talk sth. ⇔  over sth.  | talked, talked |	discuter de qc.
to talk to so. (about sth.)  | talked, talked |	parler à qn. (de qc.)
to talk with so. (about sth.)  | talked, talked |	parler avec qn. (de qc.)
to talk back	répondre   - avec effronterie
to talk so. around  | talked, talked | (Brit.)   - persuade	persuader qn.
to talk so. round (Brit.)   - persuade	persuader qn.
to talk so. ⇔  through sth.  | talked, talked |   - explain	expliquer qc. à qn.

Examples

I don't know what she is talking about.	Je ne sais pas de quoi elle parle.
What are you talking about?	Qu'est-ce que tu racontes ?

Phrases / Collocations

to talk shop [coll.]   also  [pej.]	parler boutique [coll.]   or  [pej.]
to talk business [COMM.]	parler affaires
to talk sense	dire des choses sensées
to talk nonsense	dire n'importe quoi [coll.]
to talk nonsense	raconter n'importe quoi [coll.]
to talk rubbish	dire n'importe quoi [coll.]
to talk rubbish	raconter n'importe quoi [coll.]
to talk nonsense	tenir des propos insensés [form.]
to talk sense	tenir des propos sensés [form.]
to talk in riddles	parler de manière énigmatique
to talk in riddles	parler par énigmes
to talk to so. on (or: over) the phone	parler à qn. au téléphone
to talk to so. on (or: over) the phone	téléphoner à qn.
to talk s.o.'s ear off	être bavard(e) comme une pie

Orthographically similar words

taking, walking

Related search terms

visit, conversation