embobiner

French

Etymology

em- + bobine + -er

Verb

embobiner

1. (transitive) to wind up, reel up
2. (transitive) to wrap up

   une mouche embobinée dans une toile d'araignée - a fly wrapped up in a spider's web.

3. (colloquial, transitive) reel in

Conjugation

   Conjugation of embobiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		embobiner			avoir embobiné
gerund		en embobinant			en ayant embobiné
present participle		embobinant
past participle		embobiné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	embobine	embobines	embobine	embobinons	embobinez	embobinent
	imperfect	embobinais	embobinais	embobinait	embobinions	embobiniez	embobinaient
	past historic1	embobinai	embobinas	embobina	embobinâmes	embobinâtes	embobinèrent
	future	embobinerai	embobineras	embobinera	embobinerons	embobinerez	embobineront
	conditional	embobinerais	embobinerais	embobinerait	embobinerions	embobineriez	embobineraient
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	embobine	embobines	embobine	embobinions	embobiniez	embobinent
	imperfect1	embobinasse	embobinasses	embobinât	embobinassions	embobinassiez	embobinassent
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	–
		—	embobine	—	embobinons	embobinez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• bobinoir
• débobiner
• embobeliner
• rebobiner
• rembobiner

Anagrams

• rembobine, rembobiné