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plaquer
plaquer
French
Verb
plaquer
- to plate (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material)
- (rugby) To tackle
- (martial arts) To grapple
- (colloquial) To leave someone, to break up with someone; to ditch, to dump, to jilt someone
- Elle a plaqué son copain.
- She left her boyfriend.
Derived terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of plaquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | plaquer | avoir plaqué | |||||
| gerund | en plaquant | en ayant plaqué | |||||
| present participle | plaquant /pla.kɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | plaqué /pla.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 | plaque /plak/ |
plaques /plak/ |
plaque /plak/ |
plaquons /pla.kɔ̃/ |
plaquez /pla.ke/ |
plaquent /plak/ |
| imperfect | plaquais /pla.kɛ/ |
plaquais /pla.kɛ/ |
plaquait /pla.kɛ/ |
plaquions /pla.kjɔ̃/ |
plaquiez /pla.kje/ |
plaquaient /pla.kɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | plaquai /pla.ke/ |
plaquas /pla.ka/ |
plaqua /pla.ka/ |
plaquâmes /pla.kam/ |
plaquâtes /pla.kat/ |
plaquèrent /pla.kɛʁ/ |
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| future | plaquerai /pla.kʁe/ |
plaqueras /pla.kʁa/ |
plaquera /pla.kʁa/ |
plaquerons /pla.kʁɔ̃/ |
plaquerez /pla.kʁe/ |
plaqueront /pla.kʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | plaquerais /pla.kʁɛ/ |
plaquerais /pla.kʁɛ/ |
plaquerait /pla.kʁɛ/ |
plaquerions /pla.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
plaqueriez /pla.kə.ʁje/ |
plaqueraient /pla.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 | plaque /plak/ |
plaques /plak/ |
plaque /plak/ |
plaquions /pla.kjɔ̃/ |
plaquiez /pla.kje/ |
plaquent /plak/ |
| imperfect1 |
plaquasse /pla.kas/ |
plaquasses /pla.kas/ |
plaquât /pla.ka/ |
plaquassions /pla.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
plaquassiez /pla.ka.sje/ |
plaquassent /pla.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 | – | |
| — | plaque /plak/ |
— | plaquons /pla.kɔ̃/ |
plaquez /pla.ke/ |
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