avaler

French

Etymology

aval + -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.va.le/

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Verb

avaler

1. (transitive, intransitive) to swallow
2. (transitive, figuratively) to believe
3. (transitive, figuratively) to support
4. (transitive, figuratively) to approve, endorse
5. (intransitive, sex, informal) to swallow cum, to swallow

   Est-ce que tu avales ? ― Do you swallow?

Conjugation

Conjugation of avaler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	avaler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	avalant /a.va.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		avalé /a.va.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	avale /a.val/	avales /a.val/	avale /a.val/	avalons /a.va.lɔ̃/	avalez /a.va.le/	avalent /a.val/
	imperfect	avalais /a.va.lɛ/	avalais /a.va.lɛ/	avalait /a.va.lɛ/	avalions /a.va.ljɔ̃/	avaliez /a.va.lje/	avalaient /a.va.lɛ/
	past historic2	avalai /a.va.le/	avalas /a.va.la/	avala /a.va.la/	avalâmes /a.va.lam/	avalâtes /a.va.lat/	avalèrent /a.va.lɛʁ/
	future	avalerai /a.val.ʁe/	avaleras /a.val.ʁa/	avalera /a.val.ʁa/	avalerons /a.val.ʁɔ̃/	avalerez /a.val.ʁe/	avaleront /a.val.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	avalerais /a.val.ʁɛ/	avalerais /a.val.ʁɛ/	avalerait /a.val.ʁɛ/	avalerions /a.va.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	avaleriez /a.va.lə.ʁje/	avaleraient /a.val.ʁɛ/
(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	avale /a.val/	avales /a.val/	avale /a.val/	avalions /a.va.ljɔ̃/	avaliez /a.va.lje/	avalent /a.val/
	imperfect2	avalasse /a.va.las/	avalasses /a.va.las/	avalât /a.va.la/	avalassions /a.va.la.sjɔ̃/	avalassiez /a.va.la.sje/	avalassent /a.va.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	avale /a.val/	—	avalons /a.va.lɔ̃/	avalez /a.va.le/	—
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

• avalable
• avaleuse

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• lavera

Old French

Verb

avaler

1. to descend; to go down

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-als, *-alt are modified to aus, aut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of avaler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		avaler			avoir avalé
gerund		en avalant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		avalant
past participle		avalé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	aval	avales	avale	avalons	avalez	avalent
	imperfect	avaloie, avaleie, avaloe, avaleve	avaloies, avaleies, avaloes, avaleves	avaloit, avaleit, avalot, avaleve	avaliiens, avaliens	avaliiez, avaliez	avaloient, avaleient, avaloent, avalevent
	preterite	avalai	avalas	avala	avalames	avalastes	avalerent
	future	avalerai	avaleras	avalera	avalerons	avaleroiz, avalereiz, avalerez	avaleront
	conditional	avaleroie, avalereie	avaleroies, avalereies	avaleroit, avalereit	avaleriiens, avaleriens	avaleriiez, avaleriez	avaleroient, avalereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	aval	avaus	avaut	avalons	avalez	avalent
	imperfect	avalasse	avalasses	avalast	avalissons, avalissiens	avalissoiz, avalissez, avalissiez	avalassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	avale	—	avalons	avalez	—