fendre
Meanings
Verb
1. to split, to chop (wood), to crack
2. to shoulder (one's way through a crowd)
3. to break (someone's heart) (figurative, figuratively)
4. to break (reflexive, se fendre, of heart)
5. to crack, to split (reflexive, se fendre)
6. to manage, to come up with (reflexive, se fendre, ~ de)
7. to lunge (reflexive, se fendre, fencing)
Examples22
Comme tu veux, vas-y ! Vas-y comme tu veux ! Sens-tu le sol se fendre en deux ?
However you want — that's it! However you want to — you do you. Do you feel the ground splitting into two?
Ça me fend le cœur !
It breaks my heart!
Le film Biutiful m'a fendu le cœur.
The film Biutiful melted my heart.
Tu me fends le cœur.
You're breaking my heart.
Ça me fend vraiment le cœur.
This is really heartbreaking.
Ça me fend le cœur.
This breaks my heart.