"Il est à sec."

Translation: He is out of money.

[Josh5now]

So if I wanted to say "He is dry," as in just got out of the pool and dried off, I would say <<Il est sec>>?
Also, would a girl take the form 'seche' when describing her as being 'broke'?

[tondzino]

I am not a native speaker, but the common sense tells you it would be the same, because you are not referring to a specific person, but rather a state, it is a phrase. If you wanted to say that she is dry (the he is dry part is right btw), then you would use elle est seche.

In Slovak we use a similar expresion: "som na sucho" (literally I am on dry, exactly the meaning in French) and I heard Czech people using the same expression.

[AnnaTall]

good question, it would be good to get it answered

[frogcarguy]

After checking with my French wife--the feminine form would be "elle a sec" and after getting out of the pool, il/elle est sec/seche.

[rubenisme]

So literally you would be saying "He is dried up"? Right?

[maparece]

Yup!

[erik_m]

I find this really funny for some reason :)

[orlleite]

In portuguese we use almost the same expression. When a clothing item are very very dried, the cloth of it becomes hard. Then we have 'ele está duro' which means "he is hard".

[Madeline05]

very funny to meet with this sentence at first time in the listen and type section. :S

[wolfe.francine]

Is "It is broke" incorrect?

[percyflage]

Maybe - "La banque est a' seche" ? A common problem recently.

[racheltopf]

to say something is broken, you use "cassé(e)."

[percyflage]

The bank is not "broken in pieces" (vb. casser), it has run out of money - "broke" - "c'est a' sec"

[DarrelDent]

Seems like this should be in the idioms section...

[wayne.lin]

Why not "He is bankrupt."?

[percyflage]

Bankrupt = en faillite. According to a quick check of a couple of online dictionaries.

[cdeloy]

I'm not seeing a translation for this sentence.

[AnnaTall]

DL - what is the meaning? Or are you hoping the users will come up with something appropriate and help you out? :)