embarrasser
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish embarazar.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
embarrasser
- (transitive) embarrass
- (transitive) clutter; block (up)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of embarrasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | embarrasser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | embarrassant /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | embarrassé /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | embarrasse /ɑ̃.ba.ʁas/ |
embarrasses /ɑ̃.ba.ʁas/ |
embarrasse /ɑ̃.ba.ʁas/ |
embarrassons /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sɔ̃/ |
embarrassez /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.se/ |
embarrassent /ɑ̃.ba.ʁas/ |
| imperfect | embarrassais /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sɛ/ |
embarrassais /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sɛ/ |
embarrassait /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sɛ/ |
embarrassions /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
embarrassiez /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sje/ |
embarrassaient /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | embarrassai /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.se/ |
embarrassas /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sa/ |
embarrassa /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sa/ |
embarrassâmes /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sam/ |
embarrassâtes /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sat/ |
embarrassèrent /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | embarrasserai /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sʁe/ |
embarrasseras /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sʁa/ |
embarrassera /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sʁa/ |
embarrasserons /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sʁɔ̃/ |
embarrasserez /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sʁe/ |
embarrasseront /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | embarrasserais /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sʁɛ/ |
embarrasserais /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sʁɛ/ |
embarrasserait /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sʁɛ/ |
embarrasserions /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
embarrasseriez /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sə.ʁje/ |
embarrasseraient /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | embarrasse /ɑ̃.ba.ʁas/ |
embarrasses /ɑ̃.ba.ʁas/ |
embarrasse /ɑ̃.ba.ʁas/ |
embarrassions /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
embarrassiez /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sje/ |
embarrassent /ɑ̃.ba.ʁas/ |
| imperfect2 | embarrassasse /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sas/ |
embarrassasses /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sas/ |
embarrassât /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sa/ |
embarrassassions /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
embarrassassiez /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sa.sje/ |
embarrassassent /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | embarrasse /ɑ̃.ba.ʁas/ |
— | embarrassons /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sɔ̃/ |
embarrassez /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.se/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “embarrasser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.