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How to Say ‘A pick-up technique’ in French

Une technique de drague

ewn tek-NEEK duh DRAHG

[ewn tek-NEEK duh DRAHG]

🇫🇷 In France: La drague "flirting, chatting up" can sound a bit cheesy. Calling something une technique de drague usually teases someone for using a line.

Phrase Breakdown

Une technique

ewn tek-NEEK

A technique

Feminine noun with 'une'. 'Technique' sounds like 'tèk-nik'.

Example

C'est une technique simple.

It's a simple technique.

Words in this phrase

Une

[ewn]

a / an

An indefinite article used before feminine singular nouns.

Example

Une rencontre comme celle-ci peut ouvrir des portes.

A meeting like this can open doors.

technique

[tek-NEEK]

technique

Feminine noun for a method or skill used to do something.

Example

Cette technique est difficile.

This technique is difficult.

de drague

duh DRAHG

for flirting / pick-up

'La drague' is informal for flirting or trying to pick someone up. The 'gue' sounds like a hard 'g'.

Example

C'est une phrase de drague.

It's a pick-up line.

Words in this phrase

[duh]

Expressing the relationship between part and a whole.

Example

Un verre de lait.

A glass of milk.

drague

[DRAHG]

flirting, chatting up

Informal noun for trying to seduce or pick someone up.

Example

La drague au bar, ce n'est pas mon truc.

Flirting at the bar isn't my thing.

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