éventer
Meanings
Verb
1. to air, ventilate (expose to the air) (transitive, dated)
2. to fan (transitive, reflexive)
3. to expose to the wind (transitive, nautical)
4. to expose, to reveal (transitive, figuratively)
5. to go off, go stale, go flat (reflexive, of foods)
Examples5
Vous vous éventiez.
You fan yourself.
Comment le secret a-t-il été éventé ?
How did the secret get out?
La bière est éventée.
The beer is stale.
Elle s'éventait avec son carnet de notes.
She fanned herself with her notebook.
Tom s'évente.
Tom is fanning himself.