magouiller

French

Etymology

From magouille +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ma.ɡu.je/
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Verb

magouiller

  1. (informal, intransitive) to wangle, to achieve by contrivance or trickery

Conjugation
Conjugation of magouiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple magouiller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple magouillant
/ma.ɡu.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle magouillé
/ma.ɡu.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present magouille
/ma.ɡuj/		 magouilles
/ma.ɡuj/		 magouille
/ma.ɡuj/		 magouillons
/ma.ɡu.jɔ̃/		 magouillez
/ma.ɡu.je/		 magouillent
/ma.ɡuj/
imperfect magouillais
/ma.ɡu.jɛ/		 magouillais
/ma.ɡu.jɛ/		 magouillait
/ma.ɡu.jɛ/		 magouillions
/ma.ɡuj.jɔ̃/		 magouilliez
/ma.ɡuj.je/		 magouillaient
/ma.ɡu.jɛ/
past historic2 magouillai
/ma.ɡu.je/		 magouillas
/ma.ɡu.ja/		 magouilla
/ma.ɡu.ja/		 magouillâmes
/ma.ɡu.jam/		 magouillâtes
/ma.ɡu.jat/		 magouillèrent
/ma.ɡu.jɛʁ/
future magouillerai
/ma.ɡuj.ʁe/		 magouilleras
/ma.ɡuj.ʁa/		 magouillera
/ma.ɡuj.ʁa/		 magouillerons
/ma.ɡuj.ʁɔ̃/		 magouillerez
/ma.ɡuj.ʁe/		 magouilleront
/ma.ɡuj.ʁɔ̃/
conditional magouillerais
/ma.ɡuj.ʁɛ/		 magouillerais
/ma.ɡuj.ʁɛ/		 magouillerait
/ma.ɡuj.ʁɛ/		 magouillerions
/ma.ɡu.jə.ʁjɔ̃/		 magouilleriez
/ma.ɡu.jə.ʁje/		 magouilleraient
/ma.ɡuj.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 magouille
/ma.ɡuj/		 magouilles
/ma.ɡuj/		 magouille
/ma.ɡuj/		 magouillions
/ma.ɡuj.jɔ̃/		 magouilliez
/ma.ɡuj.je/		 magouillent
/ma.ɡuj/
imperfect2 magouillasse
/ma.ɡu.jas/		 magouillasses
/ma.ɡu.jas/		 magouillât
/ma.ɡu.ja/		 magouillassions
/ma.ɡu.ja.sjɔ̃/		 magouillassiez
/ma.ɡu.ja.sje/		 magouillassent
/ma.ɡu.jas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — magouille
/ma.ɡuj/		 — magouillons
/ma.ɡu.jɔ̃/		 magouillez
/ma.ɡu.je/		 —
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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