braquer

French

Etymology

Origin uncertain.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʁake/

Verb

braquer

  1. to point (a gun, camera etc.) (sur, vers at)
  2. to turn (one's eyes) (sur, vers on)
  3. to make a hard turn, turn hard
  4. (colloquial) to stick up, rob (a bank)

Conjugation
Conjugation of braquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle braquant
/bʁa.kɑ̃/
past participle braqué
/bʁa.ke/
infinitive
simple braquer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple braquant
/bʁa.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(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/
past historic2 braquai
/bʁa.ke/		 braquas
/bʁa.ka/		 braqua
/bʁa.ka/		 braquâmes
/bʁa.kam/		 braquâtes
/bʁa.kat/		 braquèrent
/bʁa.kɛʁ/
future braquerai
/bʁa.kʁe/		 braqueras
/bʁa.kʁa/		 braquera
/bʁa.kʁa/		 braquerons
/bʁa.kʁɔ̃/		 braquerez
/bʁa.kʁe/		 braqueront
/bʁa.kʁɔ̃/
conditional braquerais
/bʁa.kʁɛ/		 braquerais
/bʁa.kʁɛ/		 braquerait
/bʁa.kʁɛ/		 braquerions
/bʁa.kə.ʁjɔ̃/		 braqueriez
/bʁa.kə.ʁje/		 braqueraient
/bʁa.kʁɛ/
(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 braque
/bʁak/		 braques
/bʁak/		 braque
/bʁak/		 braquions
/bʁa.kjɔ̃/		 braquiez
/bʁa.kje/		 braquent
/bʁak/
imperfect2 braquasse
/bʁa.kas/		 braquasses
/bʁa.kas/		 braquât
/bʁa.ka/		 braquassions
/bʁa.ka.sjɔ̃/		 braquassiez
/bʁa.ka.sje/		 braquassent
/bʁa.kas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — braque
/bʁak/		 — braquons
/bʁa.kɔ̃/		 braquez
/bʁa.ke/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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