bâcler

French

Etymology

From Middle French bâcler, bacler (“to hold in place, prop a door or window open”), from Middle Dutch bakkelen (“to freeze artificially, lock in place”), from bakken (“to stick, stick hard, glue together”).

Verb

bâcler

1. (transitive) to bang out (a task)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of bâcler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		bâcler			avoir bâclé
gerund		en bâclant			en ayant bâclé
present participle		bâclant
past participle		bâclé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	bâcle	bâcles	bâcle	bâclons	bâclez	bâclent
	imperfect	bâclais	bâclais	bâclait	bâclions	bâcliez	bâclaient
	past historic1	bâclai	bâclas	bâcla	bâclâmes	bâclâtes	bâclèrent
	future	bâclerai	bâcleras	bâclera	bâclerons	bâclerez	bâcleront
	conditional	bâclerais	bâclerais	bâclerait	bâclerions	bâcleriez	bâcleraient
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	bâcle	bâcles	bâcle	bâclions	bâcliez	bâclent
	imperfect1	bâclasse	bâclasses	bâclât	bâclassions	bâclassiez	bâclassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	bâcle	—	bâclons	bâclez	—
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