vaquer
French → English
(task) To attend to: to busy oneself with specific tasks or duties
Elle vaquait à ses besognes multiples dès l'aube.
(English) She was attending to her multiple chores at dawn.
Les comédiens s'interrompent pour aider au service et vaquer aux plats.
(English) The actors pause to help with the service and attend to the dishes.
(administration) To be vacant: to be unoccupied, referring to a post or office
Le poste de grand maître vaquera dès le départ de son titulaire.
(English) The post of grand master will be vacant as soon as its holder leaves.
Le siège papal a vaqué pendant plus de trois ans après sa mort.
(English) The papal see was vacant for more than three years after his death.
(movement) To roam: to go back and forth or wander freely
Les filles sont libres de vaquer sans chaperon dans le village.
(English) The girls are free to roam without a chaperone in the village.
Nous nous retrouvons chaque jour pour vaquer librement dans les bois.
(English) We meet every day to wander freely through the woods.
Entry ID: fr:en:vaquer · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary