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craquer
craquer
French
Verb
craquer
- (ergative) to split, to break
- (organic chemistry) to crack (petroleum)
- (intransitive) to crack, to creak, to crunch
- (informal, intransitive) to give up, to break down, to crack
- (informal, followed by pour) to fall for, to become infatuated with
- Elle est vraiment belle. J'ai craqué pour elle. — She's so beautiful. I've fallen in love with her.
Derived terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of craquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | craquer | avoir craqué | |||||
| gerund | en craquant | en ayant craqué | |||||
| present participle | craquant /kʁa.kɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | craqué /kʁa.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 | craque /kʁak/ |
craques /kʁak/ |
craque /kʁak/ |
craquons /kʁa.kɔ̃/ |
craquez /kʁa.ke/ |
craquent /kʁak/ |
| imperfect | craquais /kʁa.kɛ/ |
craquais /kʁa.kɛ/ |
craquait /kʁa.kɛ/ |
craquions /kʁa.kjɔ̃/ |
craquiez /kʁa.kje/ |
craquaient /kʁa.kɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | craquai /kʁa.ke/ |
craquas /kʁa.ka/ |
craqua /kʁa.ka/ |
craquâmes /kʁa.kam/ |
craquâtes /kʁa.kat/ |
craquèrent /kʁa.kɛʁ/ |
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| future | craquerai /kʁa.kʁe/ |
craqueras /kʁa.kʁa/ |
craquera /kʁa.kʁa/ |
craquerons /kʁa.kʁɔ̃/ |
craquerez /kʁa.kʁe/ |
craqueront /kʁa.kʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | craquerais /kʁa.kʁɛ/ |
craquerais /kʁa.kʁɛ/ |
craquerait /kʁa.kʁɛ/ |
craquerions /kʁa.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
craqueriez /kʁa.kə.ʁje/ |
craqueraient /kʁa.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 | craque /kʁak/ |
craques /kʁak/ |
craque /kʁak/ |
craquions /kʁa.kjɔ̃/ |
craquiez /kʁa.kje/ |
craquent /kʁak/ |
| imperfect1 |
craquasse /kʁa.kas/ |
craquasses /kʁa.kas/ |
craquât /kʁa.ka/ |
craquassions /kʁa.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
craquassiez /kʁa.ka.sje/ |
craquassent /kʁa.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 | – | |
| — | craque /kʁak/ |
— | craquons /kʁa.kɔ̃/ |
craquez /kʁa.ke/ |
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