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braquer
braquer
French
Verb
braquer
- to point (a gun, camera etc.) (sur, vers at)
- to turn (one's eyes) (sur, vers on)
- to make a hard turn, turn hard
- (colloquial) to stick up, rob (a bank)
Conjugation
Conjugation of braquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | braquer | avoir braqué | |||||
| gerund | en braquant | en ayant braqué | |||||
| present participle | braquant /bʁa.kɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | braqué /bʁa.ke/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | braque /bʁak/ |
braques /bʁak/ |
braque /bʁak/ |
braquons /bʁa.kɔ̃/ |
braquez /bʁa.ke/ |
braquent /bʁak/ |
| imperfect | braquais /bʁa.kɛ/ |
braquais /bʁa.kɛ/ |
braquait /bʁa.kɛ/ |
braquions /bʁa.kjɔ̃/ |
braquiez /bʁa.kje/ |
braquaient /bʁa.kɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | braquai /bʁa.ke/ |
braquas /bʁa.ka/ |
braqua /bʁa.ka/ |
braquâmes /bʁa.kam/ |
braquâtes /bʁa.kat/ |
braquèrent /bʁa.kɛʁ/ |
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| future | braquerai /bʁa.kʁe/ |
braqueras /bʁa.kʁa/ |
braquera /bʁa.kʁa/ |
braquerons /bʁa.kʁɔ̃/ |
braquerez /bʁa.kʁe/ |
braqueront /bʁa.kʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | braquerais /bʁa.kʁɛ/ |
braquerais /bʁa.kʁɛ/ |
braquerait /bʁa.kʁɛ/ |
braquerions /bʁa.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
braqueriez /bʁa.kə.ʁje/ |
braqueraient /bʁa.kʁɛ/ |
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| 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 | braque /bʁak/ |
braques /bʁak/ |
braque /bʁak/ |
braquions /bʁa.kjɔ̃/ |
braquiez /bʁa.kje/ |
braquent /bʁak/ |
| imperfect1 |
braquasse /bʁa.kas/ |
braquasses /bʁa.kas/ |
braquât /bʁa.ka/ |
braquassions /bʁa.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
braquassiez /bʁa.ka.sje/ |
braquassent /bʁa.kas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | braque /bʁak/ |
— | braquons /bʁa.kɔ̃/ |
braquez /bʁa.ke/ |
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