Everyday life
resto
AbbreviationStandardA1Meaning
restaurant
The restaurant, clipped the way everyone says it: « on va au resto ? », « un petit resto ». The full word stays on the sign and in careful writing.
How it is said
resto
Gender and article
un resto · masculine
Where you meet it
A conversation, a message between friends, a city guide.
Example
On se fait un resto vendredi soir pour fêter ça ?
Shall we go to a restaurant (resto) on Friday night to celebrate?
In the DELF
listening A1 · speaking A2
Watch out
Masculine: un resto. In an exam, write « restaurant »; in the oral exam, « resto » is fine.
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