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1 empresser
s'empresser ɑ̃pʀese verbe pronominals'empresser autour or auprès de quelqu'un — to fuss over somebody
* * *empresser: s'empresser verb table: aimer vpr s'empresser de faire to hasten to do; s'empresser autour or auprès de qn (pour voir, écouter) to gather attentively around sb; ( en témoignant des prévenances) to fuss over sb.[ɑ̃prese]s'empresser verbe pronominal intransitifs'empresser autour ou auprès de quelqu'una. [s'activer] to bustle around somebodyb. [être très attentif] to surround somebody with attentions, to attend to somebody's needs————————s'empresser de verbe pronominal plus préposition
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