How to Say "Just Ignore Him" in French

ignore-le

The English phrase 'just ignore him' can be translated into French as ignore-le.

Which one should you use?

If you are speaking to more than one person or using the formal vous to address one person, you must use ignorez-le instead of ignore-le.

In France, Fous-lui la paix can be translated as 'leave him alone'.

The form ignore-le uses the imperative mood for a single person (tu) and attaches the direct object pronoun le (him) to the end with a hyphen.

While ignore-le means 'ignore him', using the phrase faire le mort literally means 'to play dead' and is a common idiom for ignoring someone or avoiding a conversation entirely.
If you want to tell someone to 'just ignore him' in a more dismissive, slang way, you might say Laisse-le tomber, which literally translates to 'let him fall'.
The word ignore comes from the Latin ignorare, which originally meant 'not to know'. This explains why the word still carries the double meaning of both 'disregard' and 'be unaware of'.

Ignore-le simplement.
Just ignore him.
This sentence is useful for expressing the idea 'Just ignore him.' using ignore-le.
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Ignore-le, il est insupportable.
Just ignore him, he is unbearable.
Il est très agaçant, ignore-le.
He is very annoying, just ignore him.
Ne l'écoute pas, ignore-le.
Don't listen to him, just ignore him.

Chloé and Hugo are at a party and a rude man is bothering them.

Chloé

Cet homme nous regarde bizarrement.
That man is looking at us weirdly.
Hugo

Il essaie de nous provoquer.
He is trying to provoke us.
Chloé

Tu as raison, ignore-le.
You're right, just ignore him.
Hugo

D'accord, on continue notre discussion.
Okay, let's continue our conversation.

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