fauché
adjectiveInformal
A French slang term. Browse all French slang.
What it means
Broke, skint. Often intensified: fauché comme les blés — 'broke as the wheat fields', i.e. cut down to nothing.
Literally: Mown, scythed.
Examples with translations
Je suis fauché, on fait ça chez moi.
I'm broke, let's do it at my place.
Étudiant et fauché, le classique.
A skint student, the classic combination.