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tolérer

tolerate, put up with

verb toh-leh-REH Less Common

Origin: Latin tolerare

Usage Note

Tolérer implies reluctant acceptance rather than approval, making it stronger than accepter. The related noun tolérance covers both social tolerance and medical tolerance to a drug. In formal registers you may see il est toléré de + infinitive meaning 'it is permitted to.'

Examples

"Je ne peux pas tolérer cette attitude."

Natural Translation

I cannot tolerate this attitude.

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