encourir
Meanings
Verb
1. to incur (to expose oneself to something inconvenient) (transitive)
2. to run [the risk], to bring upon (something unfavourable) (transitive)
Examples19
encourir le risque d'être rattrapé
run the risk of being caught
Il dit qu'il encourrait un risque.
He says that it would carry a risk.
Pourquoi encourir le risque ?
Why take the risk?
Je ne peux pas encourir ce risque.
I can't take that chance.
Voulez-vous encourir ce risque ?
Do you want to take that risk?
Veux-tu encourir ce risque ?
Do you want to risk that?