se faire concurrence
to compete against each other
Les écoles se font concurrence dans les matchs de football.
Schools play against each other in football (soccer) games.
MORE ABOUT FAIRE
Faire, which literally means to do or to make, is among the most common of French verbs. It is used in many expressions. To learn how to conjugate it, have a look at our entry on faire in our Quick Verb Guide.
DID YOU KNOW?
In French, le football means soccer. If you want to talk about the American sport of football, you should say le football américain.
TODAY
We’re learning some of the basic vocabulary of the classroom. If you’re studying French for the first time, get ahead of the curve with these words and phrases — and maybe even impress le prof!
DISCOVER MORE FRENCH CLASSROOM VOCABULARY WORDS
Once you’ve mastered how to say to compete in French, learn these other classroom vocabulary words.
- Dorm, College
- Homework
- Math
- Paper, Piece of
- Professor/Teacher
- Student
- To Grade Papers
- To Major In
- To Study
- To Take a Class
READY FOR CLASS?
Take our French Classroom Vocabulary Quiz to test your skills.