spam

courrier indésirable, spam

Messages non souhaités envoyés à beaucoup de personnes sur internet, souvent pour faire de la publicité.

En anglais simple : Unwanted messages sent to many people online, often to advertise something.

• My inbox is full of spam.
• Your message went into my spam folder.
• Can this filter block more spam?

Synonymes : junk mail, junk email

Expressions courantes : spam folder, spam filter, receive spam

message indésirable, spam

Un message non souhaité envoyé sur internet, généralement dans le cadre d’un envoi massif.

En anglais simple : One unwanted message sent online, usually as part of a large mailing.

• I deleted another spam this morning.
• That email looks like a spam.
• She received several spams offering cheap loans.

Synonymes : junk email, unsolicited message

Expressions courantes : receive a spam, delete a spam, another spam

envoyer du spam, spammer

Envoyer à quelqu’un de nombreux messages non souhaités sur internet.

En anglais simple : To send someone many unwanted messages online.

• Please don't spam me.
• The company spammed thousands of users with advertisements.
• Someone keeps spamming our forum.

Comment l'utiliser : spam someone with something (They spammed me with offers for cheap flights.)

Expressions courantes : spam someone, spam someone's inbox, spam a forum, spam online

répéter en boucle, spammer

Faire la même action très vite et de nombreuses fois, surtout dans un jeu.

En anglais simple : To do the same action many times very quickly, especially in a game.

• Don't spam the attack button.
• He won by spamming the same move.
• Players kept spamming spells until the enemy fell.

Synonymes : repeat

Expressions courantes : spam a button, spam an attack, spam the key