encrasser

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ crasse +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
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Verb

encrasser

  1. (transitive) to dirty, to foul
  2. (reflexive) to get dirty, get filthy

Conjugation
Conjugation of encrasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple encrasser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple encrassant
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle encrassé
/ɑ̃.kʁa.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present encrasse
/ɑ̃.kʁas/		 encrasses
/ɑ̃.kʁas/		 encrasse
/ɑ̃.kʁas/		 encrassons
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sɔ̃/		 encrassez
/ɑ̃.kʁa.se/		 encrassent
/ɑ̃.kʁas/
imperfect encrassais
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sɛ/		 encrassais
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sɛ/		 encrassait
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sɛ/		 encrassions
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sjɔ̃/		 encrassiez
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sje/		 encrassaient
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sɛ/
past historic2 encrassai
/ɑ̃.kʁa.se/		 encrassas
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sa/		 encrassa
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sa/		 encrassâmes
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sam/		 encrassâtes
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sat/		 encrassèrent
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sɛʁ/
future encrasserai
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sʁe/		 encrasseras
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sʁa/		 encrassera
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sʁa/		 encrasserons
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sʁɔ̃/		 encrasserez
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sʁe/		 encrasseront
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sʁɔ̃/
conditional encrasserais
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sʁɛ/		 encrasserais
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sʁɛ/		 encrasserait
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sʁɛ/		 encrasserions
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 encrasseriez
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sə.ʁje/		 encrasseraient
/ɑ̃.kʁa.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 encrasse
/ɑ̃.kʁas/		 encrasses
/ɑ̃.kʁas/		 encrasse
/ɑ̃.kʁas/		 encrassions
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sjɔ̃/		 encrassiez
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sje/		 encrassent
/ɑ̃.kʁas/
imperfect2 encrassasse
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sas/		 encrassasses
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sas/		 encrassât
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sa/		 encrassassions
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sa.sjɔ̃/		 encrassassiez
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sa.sje/		 encrassassent
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — encrasse
/ɑ̃.kʁas/		 — encrassons
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sɔ̃/		 encrassez
/ɑ̃.kʁa.se/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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