English–French

“put on hold” in French

French

Pronunciation

IPA/syspɑ̃dʁ/

Example

Peux-tu suspendre ce paiement pour l'instant ?

Can you put this payment on hold for now?

Illustration for suspendre (put on hold)

How to say “put on hold” in French

“Put on hold” in French is suspendre.

An activity is held in mid-process rather than ended, with its continuation deliberately postponed.

Full entry for suspendre: usage tips, similar words and word origin

Example sentences with suspendre

Ils ont décidé de suspendre l'abonnement.

They decided to suspend the subscription.

Tips for using suspendre

  • Suspendre is transitive in this sense, so French uses suspendre le service or suspendre la procédure without a preposition before the object.

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