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"porter" or "se mettre" clothes?
i know "se mettre" for wearing clothes. is "porter" also commonly used?
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Permalink Reply by Sandra on -
"porter" is "wearing" clothes
"se mettre" is more "to put on" some clothes
the action of dressing is very rarely translated in french with "se mette" only in the special case:
"se mettre quelque chose sur le dos"
Literally : "to put something on your back" => put on some clothes.
otherwise we use "s'habiller" that can be translated by "to dress"
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