"prendre à la légère" meaning in French

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Verb

IPA: /pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿a la le.ʒɛʁ/
Head templates: {{fr-verb|head=prendre à la légère}} prendre à la légère
  1. (transitive) to make light of something; to take lightly Tags: transitive Synonyms: prendre à la rigolade
    Sense id: en-prendre_à_la_légère-fr-verb-VYJ5iYvX Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 66 34
  2. (transitive) to treat something lightly, not to considerate it enough Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-prendre_à_la_légère-fr-verb-EUvebUXq

Download JSON data for prendre à la légère meaning in French (1.3kB)

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