prendre
/pʁɑ̃dʁ/
to take
Je prends un café chaque matin.
I have a coffee every morning.
general
To take, grasp, or pick up something.
Je prends un café chaque matin.
I have a coffee every morning.
Conjugated: je prends, tu prends, il prend, nous prenons, vous prenez, ils prennent.
general
To take transport, a road, or a decision; to have food or drink.
Nous prenons le métro pour aller au centre.
We take the metro to go downtown.
Prendre covers take, have (food), and catch (transport) depending on context.
general
As a pronominal verb, to set about or to take hold (of an idea, fire, quarrel).
Ils se sont pris la tête.
They got into an argument.
Se prendre la tête is familiar for to argue or to overthink.
Collocations
prendre une décisionto make a decisionprendre le trainto take the trainprendre soin deto take care of
Word Origin
From Latin prehendere (to seize, to grasp).
Dictionnaire Français-Anglais