stop over

faire escale

Séjourner brièvement quelque part pendant un long voyage, parfois pour une nuit.

En anglais simple : You stay somewhere briefly during a longer journey, sometimes for a night.

• We'll stop over in Paris.
• They stopped over for one night before flying home.
• Are you stopping over anywhere on the way to Sydney?

Comment l'utiliser : stop over in/at somewhere (We stopped over in Dubai on our way to Tokyo.)

Synonymes : break a journey, stay over

Expressions courantes : stop over somewhere, stop over overnight

passer, faire un saut

Rendre une brève visite à quelqu’un ou passer rapidement dans un lieu.

En anglais simple : You visit someone or a place for a short time.

• Stop over after lunch.
• She stopped over to return my book.
• Can you stop over at Dad's house this evening?

Comment l'utiliser : stop over at someone’s house (I stopped over at my sister’s house for coffee.)

Synonymes : drop by, stop by

Expressions courantes : stop over tonight, stop over briefly