l'imaginer in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for l'imaginer in the French»English Dictionary

I.imaginer [imaʒine] VB trans

1. imaginer (se représenter):

imaginer personne, chose, scène

to imagine, picture

je l'imaginais plus grand

I imagined him to be taller

je l'imaginais comme un héros

I imagined him as a hero

tu n'imagines pas comme c'est douloureux/beau

you can't imagine how painful/beautiful it is

imagine sa tête quand on lui a annoncé qu'il allait être père!

just picture his face when he was told he was going to be a father!

on imagine difficilement qu'il puisse être élu

it's hard to believe that he will be elected

j'imagine mal comment il pourrait gagner maintenant

I can't see how he could win now

2. imaginer (supposer):

imaginer

to suppose

imagine qu'il ne soit pas d'accord…

suppose he doesn't agree…

3. imaginer (inventer):

imaginer méthode, moyen

to devise, think up

il avait imaginé un moyen de s'enrichir rapidement

he had devised ou thought up a way of getting rich quickly

que vas-tu imaginer?

how can you think such a thing?

II.s'imaginer VB refl

1. s'imaginer (se représenter):

s'imaginer chose, personne

to imagine, picture

elle s'imaginait une plage bordée de cocotiers

she imagined ou pictured a beach bordered with coconut palms

imaginez-vous qu'il est resté trois jours sans manger!

just imagine, he didn't eat for three days!

2. s'imaginer (se voir):

s'imaginer

to picture oneself

s'imaginer à 60 ans/au volant d'une superbe voiture

to picture oneself at 60/at the wheel of a superb car

3. s'imaginer (croire):

s'imaginer

to think (que that)

elle s'imagine qu'elle peut réussir sans travailler

she thinks that she can succeed without doing any work

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j'étais à cent ou mille lieues d'imaginer

I never for a moment imagined

Translations for l'imaginer in the English»French Dictionary

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dream up character, plot

imaginer

you can have no conception of

tu ne peux pas imaginer

role-play situation, feeling

imaginer

prefigure

imaginer d'avance

to think or imagine fancifully that …

s'imaginer que …

the funniest/most horrible thing imaginable

la chose la plus amusante/horrible qu'on puisse imaginer

imagine object, scene, scenario

(s')imaginer, se représenter

to imagine that …

imaginer que …

to imagine sb doing

imaginer qn en train de faire

to imagine (oneself) flying

s'imaginer en train de voler

to imagine being rich/king

s'imaginer riche/roi

to imagine how/what/why

imaginer comment/ce que/pourquoi

you can well/you can't imagine the trouble I've had

tu peux bien/tu ne peux pas t'imaginer les ennuis que j'ai eus

imagine

(s')imaginer, se figurer (that que)

surely you don't imagine that …?

tu ne vas pas tout de même imaginer que …?

imagine

(s')imaginer, supposer (that que)

the mind or imagination boggles at the idea

on a du mal à imaginer ça

l'imaginer in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for l'imaginer in the French»English Dictionary

I.imaginer [imaʒine] VB trans

1. imaginer (se représenter, supposer):

imaginer

to imagine

imaginer de faire qc

to imagine doing sth

2. imaginer (inventer):

imaginer

to think up

II.imaginer [imaʒine] VB refl

1. imaginer (se représenter):

s'imaginer qn/qc autrement

to imagine sb/sth differently

2. imaginer (se voir):

s'imaginer à la plage/dans vingt ans

to imagine oneself at the beach/in twenty years' time

3. imaginer (croire faussement):

s'imaginer qc

to imagine sth

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il est inconcevable d'imaginer que ce soit vrai (subj)

it is impossible to imagine it being true

Translations for l'imaginer in the English»French Dictionary

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dream up

imaginer

imagine

imaginer

to be imagining things

s'imaginer des choses

to suffer from the delusion that ...

s'imaginer que ...

to run away with the idea that ...

aller s'imaginer que ...

to labor under the illusion that ...

s'imaginer que ...

to dream of doing sth

s'imaginer faire qc

dream

imaginer

to never dream that...

ne pas même imaginer que ...

to play around with ideas, possibilities

imaginer

to picture oneself

s'imaginer

to picture sb doing sth

s'imaginer qn en train de faire qc

to picture sth to oneself

s'imaginer qc

l'imaginer Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

ne va pas croire/imaginer que qn a fait qc

don't go believing/thinking that sb has done sth

imaginer de faire qc

to imagine doing sth

s'imaginer à la plage/dans vingt ans

to imagine oneself at the beach/in twenty years' time

s'imaginer qc

to imagine sth

on peut imaginer une autre solution

another solution can be envisaged

il est inconcevable d'imaginer que ce soit vrai (subj)

it is impossible to imagine it being true

faire/essayer tout ce qui est possible d'imaginer

to do/try everything under the sun

ne pas même imaginer que ...

to never dream that...

se faire des illusions/s'imaginer que ...

to labour under a delusion/the illusion that ...

s'imaginer qn en train de faire qc

to picture sb doing sth

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

French

Et plus vite que je n'aurais pu l'imaginer, la musique que nous faisions ensemble est devenue incroyable.

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Cependant, en dépit de son faible amour-propre, il croit que l'univers est rempli de davantage de merveilles qu'on peut l'imaginer.

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