vrai de vrai
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French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]- (idiomatic, informal, childish or old) really (used when you want to emphasize that something is true)
- Moi je sais jouer au foot, vrai de vrai ! Pas vrai Alceste ?
- I know how to play football! Isn't it true Alceste?
Noun
[edit]vrai de vrai m (plural des vrais de vrais, feminine une vraie de vraie)
- (rare, old) lout, bandit, thug
- Ce mec c’est un vrai de vrai : il se prend une baffe, deux, trois, et il bronche même pas !
- That fella is a real thug: he gets smacked once, a second time, a third, and he doesn't even react!
- real (used to insist on the fact that something or someone has all the characteristics to be called in some way)
- Je veux un homme, un vrai de vrai, qui peut transporter n’importe quoi sans jamais sourciller.
- I want a real man, who can carries anything without ever batting an eye.