Gagné vs remporté

Pamela L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Gagné vs remporté

In the sentence 'when France won the World Cup ' I used remporté instead of 'gagné' but it remporté wasn't given as an option. Is there a subtle difference in their respective meanings?

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Bonjour Pamela,

Thank you for your comment! Chris is correct!

Using "remporté" is perfectly acceptable in French in this context. Thanks to you, it has now been added as correct alternative.

Merci de votre excellente contribution !

Bonne journée !

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Gagner is used to express "to win" in a general and otherwise neutral sense.

Remporter -- also means to win, but it also carries the notion of "to take something back or home". It is used for major prizes and belongs to a higher register than gagner.

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Pamela L. asked:

Gagné vs remporté

In the sentence 'when France won the World Cup ' I used remporté instead of 'gagné' but it remporté wasn't given as an option. Is there a subtle difference in their respective meanings?

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