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redescendre

go back down

verb ruh-deh-SAHN-druh Less Common
Travel & Places Movement

Usage Note

Redescendre is the prefixed form of descendre with re- indicating repetition or return. It follows the same conjugation as descendre and can be intransitive ('to come back down') or transitive ('to bring something back down'). Use redescends ! as an informal imperative.

Examples

"Il faut redescendre avant la nuit."

Natural Translation

We need to go back down before nightfall.

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