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drink
are drinking (first-person plural present)
Tous les matins, nous buvons du café avant de partir.
Every morning we drink coffee before leaving.
let's drink
let's have a drink
let's toast
Buvons à la santé des mariés !
Let's drink/toast to the health of the newlyweds!
Notes
GENERAL INFO
Buvons is the "we" (nous) form of the irregular verb "boire" (to drink) in the present tense. It means "we drink" or "we are drinking."
USAGE
It's used when "we" perform the action of drinking. For example, "Nous buvons de l'eau." (We drink water.) It can also be an imperative: "Buvons un verre !" (Let's drink a glass!)
CONJUGATION
Buvons comes from the highly irregular verb "boire," where the stem changes across different forms and tenses.
TRAPS
Avoid confusing buvons (present tense) with "nous buvions" (imperfect, we were drinking) or "nous boirons" (future, we will drink). It's strictly for the present.