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braver
braver
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁa.ve/
Verb
braver
- (transitive) to challenge, defy
- (transitive) to brave
- (transitive) to flout, pay no heed to (someone's opinion, hostility, etc.)
Synonyms
Conjugation
Conjugation of braver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | braver | avoir bravé | |||||
| gerund | en bravant | en ayant bravé | |||||
| present participle | bravant /bʁa.vɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | bravé /bʁa.ve/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | brave /bʁav/ |
braves /bʁav/ |
brave /bʁav/ |
bravons /bʁa.vɔ̃/ |
bravez /bʁa.ve/ |
bravent /bʁav/ |
| imperfect | bravais /bʁa.vɛ/ |
bravais /bʁa.vɛ/ |
bravait /bʁa.vɛ/ |
bravions /bʁa.vjɔ̃/ |
braviez /bʁa.vje/ |
bravaient /bʁa.vɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | bravai /bʁa.ve/ |
bravas /bʁa.va/ |
brava /bʁa.va/ |
bravâmes /bʁa.vam/ |
bravâtes /bʁa.vat/ |
bravèrent /bʁa.vɛʁ/ |
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| future | braverai /bʁa.vʁe/ |
braveras /bʁa.vʁa/ |
bravera /bʁa.vʁa/ |
braverons /bʁa.vʁɔ̃/ |
braverez /bʁa.vʁe/ |
braveront /bʁa.vʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | braverais /bʁa.vʁɛ/ |
braverais /bʁa.vʁɛ/ |
braverait /bʁa.vʁɛ/ |
braverions /bʁa.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
braveriez /bʁa.və.ʁje/ |
braveraient /bʁa.vʁɛ/ |
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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 | brave /bʁav/ |
braves /bʁav/ |
brave /bʁav/ |
bravions /bʁa.vjɔ̃/ |
braviez /bʁa.vje/ |
bravent /bʁav/ |
| imperfect1 |
bravasse /bʁa.vas/ |
bravasses /bʁa.vas/ |
bravât /bʁa.va/ |
bravassions /bʁa.va.sjɔ̃/ |
bravassiez /bʁa.va.sje/ |
bravassent /bʁa.vas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | brave /bʁav/ |
— | bravons /bʁa.vɔ̃/ |
bravez /bʁa.ve/ |
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