volunteer

se porter volontaire, faire du bénévolat

Proposer ou choisir librement de faire une tâche, souvent sans être payé.

En anglais simple : To freely offer or choose to do a task, often without pay.

• I volunteer at the local library.
• She volunteered to drive us home.
• Would you like to volunteer for the next event?

Comment l'utiliser : volunteer to do something (I volunteered to wash the dishes.); volunteer for something (She volunteered for the cleanup.); volunteer at something (He volunteers at a food bank.)

Synonymes : offer, help out

Expressions courantes : volunteer to help, volunteer for something, volunteer at something

fournir spontanément, proposer

Donner une information ou proposer une idée sans qu’on l’ait demandé.

En anglais simple : To give information or an idea without being asked for it.

• He did not volunteer any details.
• She volunteered an explanation for the delay.
• Nobody asked, but he volunteered his opinion anyway.

Synonymes : offer, provide

Contraires : withhold

Expressions courantes : volunteer information, volunteer an explanation, volunteer advice

désigner volontaire, proposer les services de

Proposer l’aide ou le temps d’une autre personne, parfois sans lui demander son accord.

En anglais simple : To offer someone else’s help or time, sometimes without asking them first.

• Do not volunteer me without asking.
• She volunteered her brother to carry the boxes.
• Our boss volunteered the whole team for extra work.

Comment l'utiliser : volunteer someone to do something (My brother volunteered me to cook dinner.); volunteer someone for something (The manager volunteered us for weekend duty.)

Expressions courantes : volunteer someone’s services, volunteer someone to help

bénévole, volontaire

Personne qui choisit de travailler pour aider les autres sans être payée.

En anglais simple : Someone who chooses to do work to help others without being paid.

• A volunteer showed us the way.
• The shelter needs more volunteers at weekends.
• Have you worked as a volunteer before?

Synonymes : unpaid helper

Expressions courantes : charity volunteer, hospital volunteer, volunteer work

volontaire, bénévole

Personne qui propose librement d’accomplir une tâche ou de rejoindre un service, souvent sans être payée.

En anglais simple : Someone who freely offers to do a task or join a service, often without pay.

• We need a volunteer to carry this box.
• Several volunteers joined the rescue team.
• The army recruited volunteers from nearby towns.

Comment l'utiliser : a volunteer for something (We need a volunteer for the first demonstration.)

Synonymes : willing helper

Expressions courantes : ask for volunteers, army volunteer, volunteer for something