frotter
Meanings
Verb
1. to rub, chafe
2. to scrub, scour
3. to scrape
4. to stone
5. to rub (someone) in the wrong way, to get on (someone)'s bad side (figurative, informal, pronominal, se frotter, figuratively)
Examples35
Ne te frotte pas à elle! Elle a beaucoup d'ennuis.
Don't get on her bad side! She has a lot of issues.
Il se frotta les mains.
He rubbed his hands together.
Elle se frotta les yeux.
She rubbed her eyes.
Elle s'est frotté les yeux.
She rubbed her eyes.
Ne te frotte pas les yeux.
Don't rub your eyes.
Mary se frotta les mains l'une contre l'autre.
Mary rubbed her hands together.