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bloquer
bloquer
French
Verb
bloquer
- to block (physically), to barricade, to obstruct
- Un arbre bloque le passage.
- A tree is blocking [off] the passage.
- Un arbre bloque le passage.
- to jam, to wedge, to fix in place
- to freeze (e.g. prices)
- Les agriculteurs souhaitent bloquer le prix de leur blé.
- The farmers are wishing to block the price of their wheat.
- Les agriculteurs souhaitent bloquer le prix de leur blé.
- to defeat
- Ils doivent bloquer ses adversaires.
- They must defeat their opponents.
- Ils doivent bloquer ses adversaires.
- to block, to impede, to hinder
- L’adrénaline peut ralentir ou bloquer le travail.
- Adrenaline can slow down or impede work.
- L’adrénaline peut ralentir ou bloquer le travail.
- (reflexive, of a computer program) To freeze, to lock up
- (reflexive) To become jammed
- (reflexive) To retreat
Conjugation
Conjugation of bloquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | bloquer | avoir bloqué | |||||
| gerund | en bloquant | en ayant bloqué | |||||
| present participle | bloquant /blɔ.kɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | bloqué /blɔ.ke/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | bloque /blɔk/ |
bloques /blɔk/ |
bloque /blɔk/ |
bloquons /blɔ.kɔ̃/ |
bloquez /blɔ.ke/ |
bloquent /blɔk/ |
| imperfect | bloquais /blɔ.kɛ/ |
bloquais /blɔ.kɛ/ |
bloquait /blɔ.kɛ/ |
bloquions /blɔ.kjɔ̃/ |
bloquiez /blɔ.kje/ |
bloquaient /blɔ.kɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | bloquai /blɔ.ke/ |
bloquas /blɔ.ka/ |
bloqua /blɔ.ka/ |
bloquâmes /blɔ.kam/ |
bloquâtes /blɔ.kat/ |
bloquèrent /blɔ.kɛʁ/ |
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| future | bloquerai /blɔ.kʁe/ |
bloqueras /blɔ.kʁa/ |
bloquera /blɔ.kʁa/ |
bloquerons /blɔ.kʁɔ̃/ |
bloquerez /blɔ.kʁe/ |
bloqueront /blɔ.kʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | bloquerais /blɔ.kʁɛ/ |
bloquerais /blɔ.kʁɛ/ |
bloquerait /blɔ.kʁɛ/ |
bloquerions /blɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bloqueriez /blɔ.kə.ʁje/ |
bloqueraient /blɔ.kʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | bloque /blɔk/ |
bloques /blɔk/ |
bloque /blɔk/ |
bloquions /blɔ.kjɔ̃/ |
bloquiez /blɔ.kje/ |
bloquent /blɔk/ |
| imperfect1 |
bloquasse /blɔ.kas/ |
bloquasses /blɔ.kas/ |
bloquât /blɔ.ka/ |
bloquassions /blɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
bloquassiez /blɔ.ka.sje/ |
bloquassent /blɔ.kas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | bloque /blɔk/ |
— | bloquons /blɔ.kɔ̃/ |
bloquez /blɔ.ke/ |
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