choper

See also: chopper

French

Alternative forms

• pécho (Verlan)

Etymology

From chopper (“to stumble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔ.pe/

• Audio (Paris):

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Verb

choper (informal)

1. to steal, nick, pinch

   Synonyms: piquer, voler

   Mon blouson a éte chopé par un voleur.

   My jacket was stolen by a thief.

2. to arrest, catch

   Synonym: arrêter

   Il s’est fait choper par les flics en sortant de chez lui.

   He was caught by the cops when he left his house.

3. to pick up, collect a passenger

   Synonym: aller chercher

   Veux-tu que je vienne te choper à la gare?

   Do you want me to pick you up at the station?

4. to contract a disease, to develop an illness

Conjugation

Conjugation of choper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	choper
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	chopant /ʃɔ.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		chopé /ʃɔ.pe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	chope /ʃɔp/	chopes /ʃɔp/	chope /ʃɔp/	chopons /ʃɔ.pɔ̃/	chopez /ʃɔ.pe/	chopent /ʃɔp/
	imperfect	chopais /ʃɔ.pɛ/	chopais /ʃɔ.pɛ/	chopait /ʃɔ.pɛ/	chopions /ʃɔ.pjɔ̃/	chopiez /ʃɔ.pje/	chopaient /ʃɔ.pɛ/
	past historic2	chopai /ʃɔ.pe/	chopas /ʃɔ.pa/	chopa /ʃɔ.pa/	chopâmes /ʃɔ.pam/	chopâtes /ʃɔ.pat/	chopèrent /ʃɔ.pɛʁ/
	future	choperai /ʃɔ.pʁe/	choperas /ʃɔ.pʁa/	chopera /ʃɔ.pʁa/	choperons /ʃɔ.pʁɔ̃/	choperez /ʃɔ.pʁe/	choperont /ʃɔ.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	choperais /ʃɔ.pʁɛ/	choperais /ʃɔ.pʁɛ/	choperait /ʃɔ.pʁɛ/	choperions /ʃɔ.pə.ʁjɔ̃/	choperiez /ʃɔ.pə.ʁje/	choperaient /ʃɔ.pʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	chope /ʃɔp/	chopes /ʃɔp/	chope /ʃɔp/	chopions /ʃɔ.pjɔ̃/	chopiez /ʃɔ.pje/	chopent /ʃɔp/
	imperfect2	chopasse /ʃɔ.pas/	chopasses /ʃɔ.pas/	chopât /ʃɔ.pa/	chopassions /ʃɔ.pa.sjɔ̃/	chopassiez /ʃɔ.pa.sje/	chopassent /ʃɔ.pas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	chope /ʃɔp/	—	chopons /ʃɔ.pɔ̃/	chopez /ʃɔ.pe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• pécho

Further reading

• “choper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• pocher, proche