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entortiller
entortiller
French
Verb
entortiller
- (transitive) to wrap around, to twist around, to envelop
- (figuratively) to win over, to persuade especially with tricks
- (figuratively) to muddle up (one's explanation)
- (reflexive, s'entortiller) to get tangled up, to get entangled
Conjugation
Conjugation of entortiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | entortiller | avoir entortillé | |||||
| gerund | en entortillant | en ayant entortillé | |||||
| present participle | entortillant /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | entortillé /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | entortille /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij/ |
entortilles /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij/ |
entortille /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij/ |
entortillons /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jɔ̃/ |
entortillez /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.je/ |
entortillent /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij/ |
| imperfect | entortillais /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jɛ/ |
entortillais /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jɛ/ |
entortillait /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jɛ/ |
entortillions /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.jɔ̃/ |
entortilliez /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.je/ |
entortillaient /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | entortillai /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.je/ |
entortillas /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.ja/ |
entortilla /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.ja/ |
entortillâmes /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jam/ |
entortillâtes /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jat/ |
entortillèrent /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | entortillerai /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.ʁe/ |
entortilleras /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.ʁa/ |
entortillera /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.ʁa/ |
entortillerons /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.ʁɔ̃/ |
entortillerez /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.ʁe/ |
entortilleront /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | entortillerais /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.ʁɛ/ |
entortillerais /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.ʁɛ/ |
entortillerait /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.ʁɛ/ |
entortillerions /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
entortilleriez /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jə.ʁje/ |
entortilleraient /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.ʁɛ/ |
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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 | entortille /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij/ |
entortilles /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij/ |
entortille /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij/ |
entortillions /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.jɔ̃/ |
entortilliez /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.je/ |
entortillent /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij/ |
| imperfect1 |
entortillasse /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jas/ |
entortillasses /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jas/ |
entortillât /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.ja/ |
entortillassions /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
entortillassiez /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.ja.sje/ |
entortillassent /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | entortille /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij/ |
— | entortillons /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jɔ̃/ |
entortillez /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.je/ |
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