n'en plus pouvoir

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n‿ɑ̃ ply pu.vwaʁ/

Verb

n’en plus pouvoir

1. to be exhausted
2. to be overwhelmed
3. to be unable to take any more; to have had it with; to be fed up with; to be sick and tired of [with de ‘something’]
   • 2018, Zaz, Résigne-moi:

     J’en peux plus d’ me faire espérer. J’ai plus confiance en ta lumière, sans tes caresses qui m’allumaient.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

See also

• n’en pouvoir mais

References

• “pouvoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.