Rappelez-vous (en. Remember)

/ʁa.pə.le.vu/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

verb

Inviting someone to remember a fact or situation.

Remember what you decided yesterday.

Rappelez-vous ce que vous avez décidé hier.

Asking someone not to forget a promise or obligation.

Remember to call me tomorrow.

Rappelez-vous de m'appeler demain.

Referring to a past event to evoke a memory.

Remember our trip to Spain last year.

Rappelez-vous de notre voyage en Espagne l'année dernière.

The verb 'to remember' comes from the Latin 'replicare', meaning 'to send back' or 'to find again'.

remember (informal)

Inviting someone to remember.

rappelle-toi

remember to

Asking someone to recall something specific.

rappelez-vous de

remind me of that

Asking someone to remind you of something.

rappelle-moi ça

memory

Capacity or act of recalling a past event.

souvenir

recall

Cognitive function that allows retention of information.

mémoire

reminisce

Act of recalling or evoking a memory.

remémorer

Make an effort to remember.

Come on, remember what happened!

Allez, rappelle-toi ce qui s'est passé !

Don't forget.

Remember, we said we would meet tonight.

Rappelle-toi, on a dit qu'on se voyait ce soir.