bûcher
🇨🇦 French slang from Québec
What does “bûcher” mean?
to work hard, to slog
Example
“J’ai bûché toute la fin de semaine.”
I slogged away all weekend.
Good to know
Literally "to chop wood".
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
💼 Work
The textbook way to say it: travailler fort
More from Québec
- la jobjob, work (feminine in Quebec)
- le bossthe boss
- être dans le justo be swamped, rushed off your feet
- câler maladeto call in sick
- un shifta work shift
- le chômageunemployment benefits (EI)
- faire du temps supplémentaireto do overtime
- la payepayday, the paycheck
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