bloquer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /blɔke/

Verb

bloquer

1. To block (physically), to barricade, to obstruct

   Un arbre bloque le passage.

   A tree is blocking [off] the passage.

2. To jam, to wedge, to fix in place
3. 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.

4. To defeat

   Ils doivent bloquer ses adversaires.

   They must defeat their opponents.

5. To block, to impede, to hinder

   L’adrénaline peut ralentir ou bloquer le travail.

   Adrenaline can slow down or impede work.

6. (reflexive, of a computer program) To freeze, to lock up
7. (reflexive) To become jammed
8. (reflexive) To retreat

Derived terms

• blocage
• bloque

Conjugation

   Conjugation of bloquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		bloquer			avoir bloqué
gerund		en bloquant			en ayant bloqué
present participle		bloquant
past participle		bloqué
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	bloque	bloques	bloque	bloquons	bloquez	bloquent
	imperfect	bloquais	bloquais	bloquait	bloquions	bloquiez	bloquaient
	past historic1	bloquai	bloquas	bloqua	bloquâmes	bloquâtes	bloquèrent
	future	bloquerai	bloqueras	bloquera	bloquerons	bloquerez	bloqueront
	conditional	bloquerais	bloquerais	bloquerait	bloquerions	bloqueriez	bloqueraient
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	bloques	bloque	bloquions	bloquiez	bloquent
	imperfect1	bloquasse	bloquasses	bloquât	bloquassions	bloquassiez	bloquassent
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	–
		—	bloque	—	bloquons	bloquez	—
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