Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

jouer à la Venise

English translation:

we played the Venice game/played at being in Venice

Added to glossary by suezen
Mar 6, 2006 13:01
18 yrs ago
French term

jouer à la Venise

French to English Art/Literary Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino chidlren's games
"Comme le dimanche avant on avait été à Bruges avec mes parents, ce jour-là *on jouait à la Venise* avec mon frère et ma soeur."

It's from a film, and the only visual is 2 kids crawling around the floor.

thanks in advance

Proposed translations

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we played the Venice game/played at being in Venice

as Bruges is nicknamed 'the little Venice', I suppose they were inspired to pretend they were in Venice ...
a guess!
Peer comment(s):

agree Aisha Maniar : yes, makes sense :-)
3 mins
thanks Aisha :-)
agree Sandra C. : Definitely. They're pretending they're surrounded by water :-)
53 mins
thanks Sandra :-)
agree sporran
2 hrs
thanks Sporran
agree Juan Jacob : Tout à fait: Bruges = La Petite Venise.
2 hrs
thanks Juan
agree IC --
10 hrs
thanks again !-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks, this makes sense - I just wasn't sure if there might be some more specific game called "la Venise"!"
11 hrs

play Venice style/like we're in Venice

A game where you act like in you're in Venice, Italy. As if there are gondolas, canals, etc
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