sacré personnage – Mot du jour

quite a character – French expression

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What does ” un sacré personnage ” mean? How do you say ‘ quite a character ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

un sacré personnage – a sacred character. In everyday French, un sacré personnage means that a real person - not a character - is impressive. I’d translate it as ‘a hell of a wo/man’, or ‘quite a character’ i n English.

« Je pense qu’il va gagner les élections. C’est un sacré personnage qui n’a peur de rien. »
“I think he’ll win the elections. He is quite a character who isn’t afraid of anything.”