happer
/a.pe/ verb C2- to snatch by the mouth, to snap up (typically of animals) · On lui jeta un os, et il le happa. They threw it a bone, and it snapped it up.
- to grab, to seize
- to strike forcefully · Il a été happé par une automobile et tué sur le coup. He was hit by a car and killed on the spot.
- to catch off guard; take by surprise
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- happer
- Present participle
- happant
- Past participle
- happé
- Present (je)
- happe
- Future (je)
- happerai
- Passé composé (je)
- ai happé
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