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repousser
repousser
French
Verb
repousser
- to push back, push out of the way
- to repel, drive back, repulse
- to ward off, turn away
- to turn down, dismiss, reject, rule out
- to push back (into place)
- to put off, defer, put back, postpone
- to repulse, repel (of something disgusting)
- to (hand-)emboss
Conjugation
Conjugation of repousser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | repousser | avoir repoussé | |||||
| gerund | en repoussant | en ayant repoussé | |||||
| present participle | repoussant /ʁə.pu.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | repoussé /ʁə.pu.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | repousse /ʁə.pus/ |
repousses /ʁə.pus/ |
repousse /ʁə.pus/ |
repoussons /ʁə.pu.sɔ̃/ |
repoussez /ʁə.pu.se/ |
repoussent /ʁə.pus/ |
| imperfect | repoussais /ʁə.pu.sɛ/ |
repoussais /ʁə.pu.sɛ/ |
repoussait /ʁə.pu.sɛ/ |
repoussions /ʁə.pu.sjɔ̃/ |
repoussiez /ʁə.pu.sje/ |
repoussaient /ʁə.pu.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | repoussai /ʁə.pu.se/ |
repoussas /ʁə.pu.sa/ |
repoussa /ʁə.pu.sa/ |
repoussâmes /ʁə.pu.sam/ |
repoussâtes /ʁə.pu.sat/ |
repoussèrent /ʁə.pu.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | repousserai /ʁə.pu.sʁe/ |
repousseras /ʁə.pu.sʁa/ |
repoussera /ʁə.pu.sʁa/ |
repousserons /ʁə.pu.sʁɔ̃/ |
repousserez /ʁə.pu.sʁe/ |
repousseront /ʁə.pu.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | repousserais /ʁə.pu.sʁɛ/ |
repousserais /ʁə.pu.sʁɛ/ |
repousserait /ʁə.pu.sʁɛ/ |
repousserions /ʁə.pu.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
repousseriez /ʁə.pu.sə.ʁje/ |
repousseraient /ʁə.pu.sʁɛ/ |
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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 | repousse /ʁə.pus/ |
repousses /ʁə.pus/ |
repousse /ʁə.pus/ |
repoussions /ʁə.pu.sjɔ̃/ |
repoussiez /ʁə.pu.sje/ |
repoussent /ʁə.pus/ |
| imperfect1 |
repoussasse /ʁə.pu.sas/ |
repoussasses /ʁə.pu.sas/ |
repoussât /ʁə.pu.sa/ |
repoussassions /ʁə.pu.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
repoussassiez /ʁə.pu.sa.sje/ |
repoussassent /ʁə.pu.sas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | repousse /ʁə.pus/ |
— | repoussons /ʁə.pu.sɔ̃/ |
repoussez /ʁə.pu.se/ |
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