contenter

French

Pronunciation

• IPA: [kɔ̃tɑ̃te]

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Verb

contenter

1. (transitive) to content, to satisfy.
2. (reflexive) to content oneself, to be content (with de (“with”))

   Je me contente de très peu argent.

   I am content with very little money.

   Il s'est contenté de manger les restes.

   He contented himself with eating the leftovers.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of contenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		contenter			avoir contenté
gerund		en contentant			en ayant contenté
present participle		contentant
past participle		contenté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	contente	contentes	contente	contentons	contentez	contentent
	imperfect	contentais	contentais	contentait	contentions	contentiez	contentaient
	past historic1	contentai	contentas	contenta	contentâmes	contentâtes	contentèrent
	future	contenterai	contenteras	contentera	contenterons	contenterez	contenteront
	conditional	contenterais	contenterais	contenterait	contenterions	contenteriez	contenteraient
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	contente	contentes	contente	contentions	contentiez	contentent
	imperfect1	contentasse	contentasses	contentât	contentassions	contentassiez	contentassent
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	–
		—	contente	—	contentons	contentez	—
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Reflexive:

    Conjugation of se contenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		se contenter			s’être contenté
gerund		en se contentant			en s’étant followed by the past participle
present participle		se contentant
past participle		se contenté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	me contente	te contentes	se contente	nous contentons	vous contentez	se contentent
	imperfect	me contentais	te contentais	se contentait	nous contentions	vous contentiez	se contentaient
	past historic	me contentai	te contentas	se contenta	nous contentâmes	vous contentâtes	se contentèrent
	future	me contenterai	te contenteras	se contentera	nous contenterons	vous contenterez	se contenteront
	conditional	me contenterais	te contenterais	se contenterait	nous contenterions	vous contenteriez	se contenteraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use present tense of s’être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of s’être followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of s’être followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of s’être followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of s’être followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	me contente	te contentes	se contente	nous contentions	vous contentiez	se contentent
	imperfect	me contentasse	te contentasses	se contentât	nous contentassions	vous contentassiez	se contentassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of s’être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of s’être followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	contente-toi	—	contentons-nous	contentez-vous	—

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