Crevé is a fun and commonly used French slang adjective with meanings including exhausted, really tired, worn out, beat and knackered. It comes from the verb crever, which is slang for “to die” and also means to puncture or burst.
Crevé
Exhausted, really tired, worn out
Example sentences
This first example sentence shows the most common usage of crévé(e): to be exhausted, really tired or “knackered” (UK). The feminine noun journée refers to the duration of a day, compared to jour, which is the time unit of a day.
Après une longue journée au travail, je suis crevé.
I’m exhausted after a long day at work.
One of the meanings of the verb crever is “to puncture” or “to burst”. Hence, un pneu crevé (flat tire). The pronoun on has many meanings including “we”.
Ah merde, on a un pneu crevé ! Qu’est-ce qu’on va faire ?
Oh sh*t! We have a flat tire! What are we going to do?
The expression crever la dalle means “to die of hunger”. This is very similar to the expression avoir la dalle, meaning “to be very hungry”. Je vais manger (I’m going to eat) is an example of the futur proche, a commonly used French future tense.
Oh la la, je crève la dalle ! Qu’est-ce que je vais manger ?
Oh, I’m dying of hunger! What am I going to eat?
More French slang
- Ouf – crazy (verlan)
- Kiffer – to like
- Foutre – to make, do
- Boulot – work, job
- French slang overview
- French adjectives overview
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