caracoler

French

Verb

caracoler

  1. (of a horse) to caracole
  2. go round and round, buzz round, flit about, flit around
  3. (figuratively) to sit pretty, to be (well) ahead, nestle (appear comfortable at the top of a ranking)
    ses tubes caracolent en tête du classement
    their tunes are high at the top of the charts.

Conjugation
Conjugation of caracoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle caracolant
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lɑ̃/
past participle caracolé
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.le/
infinitive
simple caracoler
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple caracolant
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lɑ̃/
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 caracole
/ka.ʁa.kɔl/		 caracoles
/ka.ʁa.kɔl/		 caracole
/ka.ʁa.kɔl/		 caracolons
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lɔ̃/		 caracolez
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.le/		 caracolent
/ka.ʁa.kɔl/
imperfect caracolais
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lɛ/		 caracolais
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lɛ/		 caracolait
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lɛ/		 caracolions
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.ljɔ̃/		 caracoliez
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lje/		 caracolaient
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lɛ/
past historic2 caracolai
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.le/		 caracolas
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.la/		 caracola
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.la/		 caracolâmes
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lam/		 caracolâtes
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lat/		 caracolèrent
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lɛʁ/
future caracolerai
/ka.ʁa.kɔl.ʁe/		 caracoleras
/ka.ʁa.kɔl.ʁa/		 caracolera
/ka.ʁa.kɔl.ʁa/		 caracolerons
/ka.ʁa.kɔl.ʁɔ̃/		 caracolerez
/ka.ʁa.kɔl.ʁe/		 caracoleront
/ka.ʁa.kɔl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional caracolerais
/ka.ʁa.kɔl.ʁɛ/		 caracolerais
/ka.ʁa.kɔl.ʁɛ/		 caracolerait
/ka.ʁa.kɔl.ʁɛ/		 caracolerions
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/		 caracoleriez
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lə.ʁje/		 caracoleraient
/ka.ʁa.kɔl.ʁɛ/
(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 caracole
/ka.ʁa.kɔl/		 caracoles
/ka.ʁa.kɔl/		 caracole
/ka.ʁa.kɔl/		 caracolions
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.ljɔ̃/		 caracoliez
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lje/		 caracolent
/ka.ʁa.kɔl/
imperfect2 caracolasse
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.las/		 caracolasses
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.las/		 caracolât
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.la/		 caracolassions
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.la.sjɔ̃/		 caracolassiez
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.la.sje/		 caracolassent
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.las/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — caracole
/ka.ʁa.kɔl/		 — caracolons
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lɔ̃/		 caracolez
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.le/		 —
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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