tarauder

French

Etymology

From taraud +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ʁo.de/

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Verb

tarauder

1. (technology) to tap (a nut); to thread (a screw)
2. (of an insect) to bore into
3. (figurative) to pierce (with pain, remorse etc.)
   • 2015 January, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 1, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 32:

     Une question bassement pragmatique taraude Vernon : qui va payer son loyer ?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tarauder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	tarauder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	taraudant /ta.ʁo.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		taraudé /ta.ʁo.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	taraude /ta.ʁod/	taraudes /ta.ʁod/	taraude /ta.ʁod/	taraudons /ta.ʁo.dɔ̃/	taraudez /ta.ʁo.de/	taraudent /ta.ʁod/
	imperfect	taraudais /ta.ʁo.dɛ/	taraudais /ta.ʁo.dɛ/	taraudait /ta.ʁo.dɛ/	taraudions /ta.ʁo.djɔ̃/	taraudiez /ta.ʁo.dje/	taraudaient /ta.ʁo.dɛ/
	past historic2	taraudai /ta.ʁo.de/	taraudas /ta.ʁo.da/	tarauda /ta.ʁo.da/	taraudâmes /ta.ʁo.dam/	taraudâtes /ta.ʁo.dat/	taraudèrent /ta.ʁo.dɛʁ/
	future	tarauderai /ta.ʁo.dʁe/	tarauderas /ta.ʁo.dʁa/	taraudera /ta.ʁo.dʁa/	tarauderons /ta.ʁo.dʁɔ̃/	tarauderez /ta.ʁo.dʁe/	tarauderont /ta.ʁo.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	tarauderais /ta.ʁo.dʁɛ/	tarauderais /ta.ʁo.dʁɛ/	tarauderait /ta.ʁo.dʁɛ/	tarauderions /ta.ʁo.də.ʁjɔ̃/	tarauderiez /ta.ʁo.də.ʁje/	tarauderaient /ta.ʁo.dʁɛ/
(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	taraude /ta.ʁod/	taraudes /ta.ʁod/	taraude /ta.ʁod/	taraudions /ta.ʁo.djɔ̃/	taraudiez /ta.ʁo.dje/	taraudent /ta.ʁod/
	imperfect2	taraudasse /ta.ʁo.das/	taraudasses /ta.ʁo.das/	taraudât /ta.ʁo.da/	taraudassions /ta.ʁo.da.sjɔ̃/	taraudassiez /ta.ʁo.da.sje/	taraudassent /ta.ʁo.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	taraude /ta.ʁod/	—	taraudons /ta.ʁo.dɔ̃/	taraudez /ta.ʁo.de/	—
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).

Further reading

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