faire de la peine
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- (informal) to upset, to hurt, to pain, to hurt (someone's) feelings [with à ‘someone’]
- Synonym: attrister
- (informal) to look pitiful, to be pathetic [with à ‘to someone’] (idiomatically translated as English feel sorry for with subject and object reversed)
- Synonym: faire pitié
- Tu me fais de la peine. ― I feel sorry for you.
Conjugation
[edit]- see faire