tracasser

French

Etymology

From traque or trac +‎ -asser.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʁa.ka.se/

Verb

tracasser

  1. (colloquial, transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to bother; to annoy
    Qu'est ce qui te tracasse tant ?
    What's bothering you so much?
  2. (colloquial, takes a reflexive pronoun) to worry
    Synonym: inquiéter
    Sa santé me tracasse. ― His/her health worries me.

Conjugation
Conjugation of tracasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle tracassant
/tʁa.ka.sɑ̃/
past participle tracassé
/tʁa.ka.se/
infinitive
simple tracasser
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple tracassant
/tʁa.ka.sɑ̃/
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 tracasse
/tʁa.kas/		 tracasses
/tʁa.kas/		 tracasse
/tʁa.kas/		 tracassons
/tʁa.ka.sɔ̃/		 tracassez
/tʁa.ka.se/		 tracassent
/tʁa.kas/
imperfect tracassais
/tʁa.ka.sɛ/		 tracassais
/tʁa.ka.sɛ/		 tracassait
/tʁa.ka.sɛ/		 tracassions
/tʁa.ka.sjɔ̃/		 tracassiez
/tʁa.ka.sje/		 tracassaient
/tʁa.ka.sɛ/
past historic2 tracassai
/tʁa.ka.se/		 tracassas
/tʁa.ka.sa/		 tracassa
/tʁa.ka.sa/		 tracassâmes
/tʁa.ka.sam/		 tracassâtes
/tʁa.ka.sat/		 tracassèrent
/tʁa.ka.sɛʁ/
future tracasserai
/tʁa.ka.sʁe/		 tracasseras
/tʁa.ka.sʁa/		 tracassera
/tʁa.ka.sʁa/		 tracasserons
/tʁa.ka.sʁɔ̃/		 tracasserez
/tʁa.ka.sʁe/		 tracasseront
/tʁa.ka.sʁɔ̃/
conditional tracasserais
/tʁa.ka.sʁɛ/		 tracasserais
/tʁa.ka.sʁɛ/		 tracasserait
/tʁa.ka.sʁɛ/		 tracasserions
/tʁa.ka.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 tracasseriez
/tʁa.ka.sə.ʁje/		 tracasseraient
/tʁa.ka.sʁɛ/
(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 tracasse
/tʁa.kas/		 tracasses
/tʁa.kas/		 tracasse
/tʁa.kas/		 tracassions
/tʁa.ka.sjɔ̃/		 tracassiez
/tʁa.ka.sje/		 tracassent
/tʁa.kas/
imperfect2 tracassasse
/tʁa.ka.sas/		 tracassasses
/tʁa.ka.sas/		 tracassât
/tʁa.ka.sa/		 tracassassions
/tʁa.ka.sa.sjɔ̃/		 tracassassiez
/tʁa.ka.sa.sje/		 tracassassent
/tʁa.ka.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tracasse
/tʁa.kas/		 — tracassons
/tʁa.ka.sɔ̃/		 tracassez
/tʁa.ka.se/		 —
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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