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engorger
engorger
French
Verb
engorger
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written engorge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of engorger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | engorger | avoir engorgé | |||||
| gerund | en engorgeant | en ayant engorgé | |||||
| present participle | engorgeant /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | engorgé /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | engorge /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ |
engorges /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ |
engorge /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ |
engorgeons /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
engorgez /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ |
engorgent /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ |
| imperfect | engorgeais /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/ |
engorgeais /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/ |
engorgeait /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/ |
engorgions /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
engorgiez /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒje/ |
engorgeaient /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | engorgeai /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ |
engorgeas /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒa/ |
engorgea /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒa/ |
engorgeâmes /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒam/ |
engorgeâtes /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒat/ |
engorgèrent /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | engorgerai /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
engorgeras /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
engorgera /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
engorgerons /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ |
engorgerez /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
engorgeront /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | engorgerais /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
engorgerais /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
engorgerait /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
engorgerions /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
engorgeriez /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁje/ |
engorgeraient /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
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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 | engorge /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ |
engorges /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ |
engorge /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ |
engorgions /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
engorgiez /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒje/ |
engorgent /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
engorgeasse /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒas/ |
engorgeasses /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒas/ |
engorgeât /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒa/ |
engorgeassions /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
engorgeassiez /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒa.sje/ |
engorgeassent /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | engorge /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ |
— | engorgeons /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
engorgez /ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ |
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