French edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bʁa.ke/
  • (file)

Verb edit

braquer

  1. to point (a gun, camera etc.) (sur, vers at)
  2. to turn (one’s eyes) (sur, vers on)
  3. to make a hard turn, turn hard
  4. (colloquial) to stick up, rob (a bank)
  5. (reflexive) to get one's back up, feel defensive, balk
    • 2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:
      Mes parents se braquaient, ils refusaient de prêter attention aux ragots.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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