c’est cadeau - French expression

c’est cadeau - Mot du Jour

c’est cadeau - it’s present, it’s gift - without the article ‘un’ (a) - c’est cadeau is different from c’est un cadeau, which just means ‘it’s a present, it’s a gift’. c’est cadeau is an idiomatic expression often used to mean that you’re getting something extra you weren’t expecting, like a freebie. It can be from a store, a boutique or from a friend doing you a favor. It doesn’t necessarily involve money.

• « Quand tu viens à un IPF aux Burons, tu as accès gratuitement à tout le site de FRENCH hour. Et ça, c’est cadeau. »
  • “When you come to an IPF at Les Burons, you get a free access to FRENCH hour, the whole site. And that’s a freebie.”

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