chouraver

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃu.ʁa.ve/

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Verb

chouraver

1. (slang) to nick, pinch (steal)

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).