French Word of the Day: Bazarder
bazarder?
Because
this French slang word is inter-generational.
What does it mean?
Bazarder
- roughly pronounced bah-zar-day - is a French slang word that means 'to get rid of (or scrap) something'.
For example, you might say
J'aurais dû bazardé la voiture et acheter un vélo
(I should have got rid of the car and bought a bicycle).
In this usage,
bazarder
is a synonym of
se débarrasser de.
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The word has a long history. You might read it in an Emile Zola novel, and then a week later hear it spoken by a young person. The verb experienced a revival in the 2010s, thanks to the pop song
Bazardée
in 2017.
While
bazarder
is not always applied to people, it can be used to talk about a break-up, albeit in a harsh way. For example, a magazine headline about a celebrity relationship might read
Elle a bazardé le père de ses enfants
(She dumped the father of her children).
In the 1800s, the word
bazarder
(written as
basarder
at the time) referred to 'selling something at a low price'.
This came from the word
bazar
, which in itself comes from the Persian term for a town's public market district.
The word
bazar
entered the French language in the Middle Ages, and at the time it referred to a 'market where dresses, caps and other items are sold'.
Use it like this
Il est inutile de tout bazarder pour ce projet. Il y a d'autres choses à faire sur la liste des tâches. -
There's no need to drop everything for this project. There are other things on the to-do list.
Prends seulement ce dont tu as besoin. La grande valise, on peut la bazarder. -
Just take what you need. We can throw away the big suitcase.
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