croquer

French

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kʁɔke/

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Verb

croquer

1. to crunch
2. (colloquial) to waste, squander (money etc.)
3. to sketch, outline

Derived terms

• croquant
• croque-madame
• croque-monsieur
• croquer la pomme

Conjugation

   Conjugation of croquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		croquer			avoir croqué
gerund		en croquant			en ayant croqué
present participle		croquant
past participle		croqué
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	croque	croques	croque	croquons	croquez	croquent
	imperfect	croquais	croquais	croquait	croquions	croquiez	croquaient
	past historic1	croquai	croquas	croqua	croquâmes	croquâtes	croquèrent
	future	croquerai	croqueras	croquera	croquerons	croquerez	croqueront
	conditional	croquerais	croquerais	croquerait	croquerions	croqueriez	croqueraient
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	croque	croques	croque	croquions	croquiez	croquent
	imperfect1	croquasse	croquasses	croquât	croquassions	croquassiez	croquassent
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	–
		—	croque	—	croquons	croquez	—
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