ça promet

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa pʁɔ.mɛ/

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Interjection

ça promet !

1. (informal) it's promising; that bodes well!

   Toujours à moitié à poil comme sa mère ! Ça promet !

   Always half naked like her mother! That's promising!

   • 1880, Paul Féval, chapter 9, in Le Fils du Diable‎^[1], Legrand et Crouzet, page 275:

     Allons ! me dis-je, c’est le second chapitre du bal masqué. L’action marche… ça promet énormément !

     "Let us go!," say I to myself, "it is the second chapter of the masked ball. The action is working... it is enormously promising!

Usage notes

• Often used ironically.

Descendants

• → Dutch: dat belooft (calque)