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tanner

to tan

verb tah-NAY Rare
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Also means

to pester

Usage Note

tanner has two distinct senses: to process animal hides into leather (the craft of a tanneur), and colloquially to annoy or pester someone relentlessly — il me tanne pour avoir une moto means 'he's pestering me for a motorcycle'. The figurative sense is widespread in everyday speech.

Examples

"Il tanne sa mère pour acheter ce jeu."

Natural Translation

He keeps pestering his mother to buy that game.

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