Dépêchez-vous (en. Hurry up)

/de.pe.ʃe vo/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

An imperative to urge someone to hurry.

Hurry up, the movie is about to start!

Dépêchez-vous, le film va commencer !

Used to express the urgency of a situation.

We need to hurry, the plane leaves in an hour.

Nous devons dépêcher, l'avion part dans une heure.

A polite phrase with a notion of impatience.

Please hurry up, I've been waiting for a long time.

Dépêchez-vous, s'il vous plaît, j'attends depuis longtemps.

The expression comes from the imperative 'hurry' and the reflexive pronoun 'you'.

hurry up to leave

Accelerate to leave a place.

dépêchez-vous de partir

please, hurry up

A polite way to ask someone to hurry.

je vous en prie, dépêchez-vous

hurry up, it's urgent

Indicates that the action must be done without delay.

dépêchez-vous, c'est urgent

hasten

To do something more quickly.

hâter

urgency

The state of a situation requiring a quick response.

urgence

fast

Something done or occurring with speed.

rapide

Hurry up

We have to hurry or we'll miss the concert.

On doit dépech' sinon on va rater le concert.

Quick, do it

Come on, quick, we don't have time to waste!

Allez, vit' fait, on n'a pas de temps à perdre !