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spray [spreɪ](a) (treat → crops, garden, tree) faire des pulvérisations sur, traiter; (→ field) pulvériser; (→ house plant) arroser au vaporisateur; (sprinkle → road) asperger;∎ to spray one's hair se laquer les cheveux;∎ to spray a plant with insecticide pulvériser de l'insecticide sur une plante;∎ I got sprayed with cold water je me suis fait arroser ou asperger d'eau froide;∎ figurative they sprayed the bar with bullets/with machine-gun fire ils arrosèrent le bar de balles/de rafales de mitrailleuses(b) (apply → water, perfume) vaporiser; (→ paint, insecticide) pulvériser; (→ coat of paint, fixer) mettre, appliquer; (→ graffiti, slogan) écrire, tracer (à la bombe);∎ to spray insecticide on a plant pulvériser de l'insecticide sur une plante;∎ she sprayed perfume behind her ears elle se vaporisa du parfum derrière les oreilles;∎ she sprayed her hairstyle in place elle s'est mis de la laque pour faire tenir sa coiffure;∎ they sprayed water on the flames ils vaporisèrent de l'eau sur les flammes;∎ she sprayed air freshener around the room elle vaporisa du désodorisant dans la pièce;∎ three layers of paint are sprayed onto the metal on passe trois couches de peinture au pistolet sur le métal;∎ slogan sprayed on a wall slogan écrit à la bombe sur un mur∎ the water sprayed (out) over or onto the road l'eau a jailli sur la route;∎ water sprayed up in our faces de l'eau éclaboussait nos visages(b) (against crop disease) pulvériser, faire des pulvérisations3 noun∎ the wind blew a fine spray of rain against her face de fines gouttelettes de pluie portées par le vent lui mouillaient le visage;∎ the liquid comes out in a fine spray le liquide est pulvérisé(b) (container → for aerosol) bombe f, aérosol m; (→ for perfume) atomiseur m; (→ for cleaning fluids, water, lotion) vaporisateur m;∎ this deodorant is a spray ce déodorant est un aérosol;∎ throat spray vaporisateur m pour la gorge(c) (act of spraying → of crops) pulvérisation f; (→ against infestation) traitement m (par pulvérisation); (→ of aerosol product) coup m de bombe;∎ to give sth a spray (fields, roses etc) pulvériser qch; (walls etc) peindre qch au pistolet; (hair) mettre du spray ou de la laque sur qch∎ the welding sent up sprays or a spray of bright sparks la soudure faisait voler des gerbes d'étincelles(e) (cut branch) branche f;∎ forsythia sprays branches fpl de forsythia;∎ a single spray of orchids in a vase une simple branche d'orchidées dans un vase(insecticide, deodorant) en aérosol;∎ British familiar he took the car in for a spray job il a amené la voiture au garage pour la faire repeindre□spray gun (for paint) pistolet m (à peinture);spray paint peinture f en bombe;∎ a can of spray paint une bombe de peinture➲ spray onappliquer (à la bombe);∎ he sprayed on some deodorant il s'est mis un peu de déodorant;∎ spray the paint on evenly vaporisez la peinture de façon uniforme(paint, polish, cleaner) s'appliquer (par pulvérisation);∎ the product sprays on le produit est présenté sous forme d'aérosol
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