Usage examples of "signifiait" in French with translation to English

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Je n'ai pas compris ce que ça signifiait. I didn't catch on to the meaning.

La déclaration signifiait que des changements étaient nécessaires. The statement imported that changes were necessary.

Davantage de tracteurs signifiait moins de chevaux et de mules. More tractors meant fewer horses and mules.

Par cette phrase, l'auteur signifiait à Tom et Mary que leur destin lui échappait, puisqu'il ne comprenait pas le sens profond de ses propres phrases. Through this sentence, the author was making it known to Tom and Mary that their destiny was escaping him, as he didn't understand the deep meaning of his own sentences.

Amnésie signifie « perte de mémoire ». Amnesia means "loss of memory".

Cette lettre signifie sa démission. This letter purports to be his resignation.

Elle me fit un clin d'oeil qui semblait signifier "je t'aime". She winked at me, as much as to say, I love you.

Que signifie ce symbole-ci ? What does this symbol here mean?

Quoi que l'on écrive, ce sera traduit. Les gens traduisent à peu près n'importe quoi sans même réfléchir à ce que ce qu'ils traduisent signifie, ou si c'est doté du moindre sens. Whatever you write, it will be translated. People translate just about anything without even reflecting on what it is they're translating, or if it makes sense at all.

Cela signifie probablement la guerre. This probably means war.

Qu'est-ce que signifie "Tatoeba"? What does "Tatoeba" mean?

Ton amitié signifie beaucoup pour moi. Your friendship means much to me.

J'ignore ce que ça signifie. I don't know what this means.

"Tatoeba" signifie "par exemple" en japonais. "Tatoeba" means "for example" in Japanese.

Qu’est-ce que cela signifie ? What does it mean?

"Le prince des ténèbres" signifie "Satan". "The prince of darkness" means "Satan".

J'ignore ce que ce mot signifie. I don't know what this word means.

Qu'est-ce que cela signifie exactement ? What precisely does that mean?

Qu'est-ce que ça signifie même ? What does that even mean?

Que signifie le mot « get » dans cette phrase ? What does the word "get" mean in this sentence?

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