No. 4,113 in French
contacter
To get in touch with; to contact.
In a sentence
Je vais contacter le service client pour résoudre mon problème.
I will contact the customer service to solve my issue.
In this sentence, 'contacter' is used to express initiating communication or reaching out to a specific party (the customer service) for assistance.
Il est difficile de contacter quelqu'un sans avoir ses coordonnées.
It is difficult to contact someone without having their contact information.
Here, 'contacter' refers to the challenge of initiating communication due to the lack of necessary information (contact details).
Nous devrons contacter plusieurs entreprises pour obtenir des devis.
We will need to contact several companies to obtain quotes.
In this instance, 'contacter' signals the act of reaching out to multiple entities (companies) to request information or proposals.
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