Translation for "mendiait" to english

Mendiait

verb

• beg
• tramp

Translation examples

beg verb

Il arrive que les parents, prévenus, ne viennent pas chercher leur enfant, ou affirment ne pas savoir que l'enfant mendiait; quant aux enfants, ils donnent régulièrement de faux noms, ou ne se présentent pas devant le tribunal.
When notified, the parents sometimes failed to collect their children or maintained that the children were begging without their knowledge; while the children consistently gave false names or failed to appear in court.

Elle mendiait pour de l'argent.
She was begging for money.

On mendiait tous les deux sous les porches.
The both of us were begging under the porches.

Mais il mendiait, Red.
But he was begging, Red.

En ce cas, J mendiait des coups.
When that happened, J begged for more.

Il ne mendiait pas.
He wasn't begging.

Il nous harcelait, mendiait d'une manière agressive.
He was harassing us, begging in our face, all aggressive.

On mendiait notre égalité avec les blancs.
You know, begging for our place at the white man's table.

Le type mendiait pour du boulot ?
This guy was begging for work?

Elle jouait ses petits airs de merde, et mendiait.
Playing some crapped-Out guitar,begging for money.