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digérer

to digest

verb dee-zheh-REH Rare
Body & Health Body Parts

Origin: Latin digerere, 'to separate, distribute'

Also means

to process, to come to terms with

Usage Note

Digérer is used literally for bodily digestion (digérer un repas) and figuratively for processing information or accepting something difficult (je n'arrive pas à digérer cette nouvelle — 'I can't get over this news'). The related noun is la digestion (feminine).

Examples

"Il est difficile de digérer les repas lourds."

Natural Translation

Heavy meals are hard to digest.

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