French verb of the day : Effacer

Effacer : to erase, to rob out, to strike out, (informatique) to delete, to clear out

Pronunciation : [ay fa say]



Ex :

Effacer de sa mémoire - blot out / wipe from one's memory
Effacer le tableau - clean the board
Effacer ses traces - erase all traces

Il faut effacer tout ce qui est écrit dans ces livres - You need to erase everything that's written in these books.

Elle m'a demandé d'effacer le tableau noir - She asked me to erase the chalkboard.

L'Europe a effacé la dette de la Grèce.
Europe wrote off / wiped out Greece's debt.