chouraver

French

Alternative forms

• chourave, chourav, chourav’

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani chorav (“to steal”). Compare Hindi चुराना (curānā, “to steal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃu.ʁa.ve/

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Verb

chouraver

1. (slang) to nick, pinch (steal)
   • 1980, “Dans Mon H.L.M.”, in Marche à l'ombre, performed by Renaud:

     Au rez-d’-chaussée, dans mon HLM
     Y a une espèce de barbouze
     Qui surveille les entrées
     Qui tire sur tout c’qui bouge
     Surtout si c’est bronzé
     Passe ses nuits dans les caves
     Avec son Beretta
     Traque les mômes qui chouravent

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of chouraver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	chouraver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	chouravant /ʃu.ʁa.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		chouravé /ʃu.ʁa.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	chourave /ʃu.ʁav/	chouraves /ʃu.ʁav/	chourave /ʃu.ʁav/	chouravons /ʃu.ʁa.vɔ̃/	chouravez /ʃu.ʁa.ve/	chouravent /ʃu.ʁav/
	imperfect	chouravais /ʃu.ʁa.vɛ/	chouravais /ʃu.ʁa.vɛ/	chouravait /ʃu.ʁa.vɛ/	chouravions /ʃu.ʁa.vjɔ̃/	chouraviez /ʃu.ʁa.vje/	chouravaient /ʃu.ʁa.vɛ/
	past historic2	chouravai /ʃu.ʁa.ve/	chouravas /ʃu.ʁa.va/	chourava /ʃu.ʁa.va/	chouravâmes /ʃu.ʁa.vam/	chouravâtes /ʃu.ʁa.vat/	chouravèrent /ʃu.ʁa.vɛʁ/
	future	chouraverai /ʃu.ʁa.vʁe/	chouraveras /ʃu.ʁa.vʁa/	chouravera /ʃu.ʁa.vʁa/	chouraverons /ʃu.ʁa.vʁɔ̃/	chouraverez /ʃu.ʁa.vʁe/	chouraveront /ʃu.ʁa.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	chouraverais /ʃu.ʁa.vʁɛ/	chouraverais /ʃu.ʁa.vʁɛ/	chouraverait /ʃu.ʁa.vʁɛ/	chouraverions /ʃu.ʁa.və.ʁjɔ̃/	chouraveriez /ʃu.ʁa.və.ʁje/	chouraveraient /ʃu.ʁa.vʁɛ/
(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	chourave /ʃu.ʁav/	chouraves /ʃu.ʁav/	chourave /ʃu.ʁav/	chouravions /ʃu.ʁa.vjɔ̃/	chouraviez /ʃu.ʁa.vje/	chouravent /ʃu.ʁav/
	imperfect2	chouravasse /ʃu.ʁa.vas/	chouravasses /ʃu.ʁa.vas/	chouravât /ʃu.ʁa.va/	chouravassions /ʃu.ʁa.va.sjɔ̃/	chouravassiez /ʃu.ʁa.va.sje/	chouravassent /ʃu.ʁa.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	chourave /ʃu.ʁav/	—	chouravons /ʃu.ʁa.vɔ̃/	chouravez /ʃu.ʁa.ve/	—
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).