pérorer

Elle l'a interrompu alors qu'il pérorait sur la morale.
She interrupted him while he was pontificating about morality.
Cesse de pérorer et explique simplement ce que tu proposes.
Stop holding forth and simply explain what you propose.
Le candidat pérore pendant une heure sans répondre aux questions.
The candidate holds forth pompously for an hour without answering questions.
Il aimait pérorer devant ses collègues sur des sujets qu'il connaissait mal.
He liked to pontificate before his colleagues on subjects he knew poorly.
Les invités ont dû écouter un expert pérorer tout le dîner.
The guests had to listen to an expert pontificate throughout dinner.

Similar words

discourir

pontifier

plastronner

palabrer

Le candidat pérore pendant une heure sans répondre aux questions.
The candidate holds forth pompously for an hour without answering questions.
Il aimait pérorer devant ses collègues sur des sujets qu'il connaissait mal.
He liked to pontificate before his colleagues on subjects he knew poorly.
Elle l'a interrompu alors qu'il pérorait sur la morale.
She interrupted him while he was pontificating about morality.
Cesse de pérorer et explique simplement ce que tu proposes.
Stop holding forth and simply explain what you propose.
Les invités ont dû écouter un expert pérorer tout le dîner.
The guests had to listen to an expert pontificate throughout dinner.

pontifier

palabrer

discourir

plastronner

From Latin perorare, “to deliver a speech to the end”, from per- and orare, “to speak”; the French verb acquired a disapproving tone.

What does pérorer mean?

To speak at length in a pompous way.

Is it usually approving?

No, it criticizes the speaker's manner.

Does it need an object?

No, it is intransitive.

What is the present form for il?

Il pérore.

What is the past participle?

Péroré.

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