Learn French
with Audio Stories
You are in the right place to find out everything you need to know about the funny sentence "C'est abusé". It includes a detailed definition of what it is and how to use it in a dialogue with an audio example. But wait, we also added some useful things like slow pronunciation audio, dialogue example, synonyms and more!
Translation : It's insane
Register : Informal - Funny - Slang
Slow
Normal
IPA : / sɛt‿ abyze /
The literal meaning is:
But that's used to say: "It's insane/madness" and aims to describe a shocking event, generally negative like an accident or some bad news.
That being said, young generations tend to also use it as a slang way to say simply: "It's crazy", so don't be shocked if you hear it in another context.
Something shocking happened like an accident or a bad surprise or bad news, you can say: "C'est abusé !" (That's insane!)
You can also use it in a sentence, for example: "J'ai appris que cette société maltraite les animaux. C'est abusé !" (I learned this company is mistreating animals. That's insane!)
Dialogue
T'as vu ce qu'il s'est passé ?!
Did you see what happened?!
Ouais, c'est abusé !
Yeah, that's insane!
Totally!
Learn French with Audio Stories
Learn French the easy way with our French - English
parallel texts with slow French audio