Difficulty Level
intermediate
Translations
🇩🇪 einen Wunsch erfüllen
, 🇪🇸 cumplir un deseo
, 🇮🇹 concedere un desiderio
, 🇵🇹 cumprir um desejo
, 🇨🇳 实现心愿
, 🇯🇵 望みを叶える
, 🇰🇷 바람을 이루어 주다
, 🇸🇦 يفعل أمنية
, 🇮🇳 मनोरथ पूरी करना
Usage Examples
- Le gouvernement a exaucé la demande de financement de l'école.
- Il exauce souvent les souhaits de ses enfants en leur offrant de petites surprises.
- Je souhaite que vous exauçiez mes attentes pour ce projet.
Etymology
**exaucer** (verb)
The verb comes from Old French *exauscer*, which in turn is derived from Latin *exauscere* “to grant, to satisfy a request.” The Latin term is built on the prefix **ex-** “out, toward” plus the root *auscere* (from *aus-*, meaning “to give, to grant”), related to the idea of bringing something into existence. Over the centuries the sense narrowed to the modern meaning “to fulfill a wish or demand, to satisfy.”
Synonyms
accomplir
satisfaire
réaliser
concrétiser
exécuter
accorder
acquitter
Antonyms
refuser
nier
rejeter
empêcher
contrecarrer