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Le cauchemar
Le cauchemar is masculine and means a bad dream. It is also used figuratively for any awful experience.
Examples in context
J'ai fait un cauchemar horrible.
I had a horrible nightmare.
Les cauchemars réveillent parfois les enfants.
Nightmares sometimes wake children up.
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