bourrer

French

Etymology

From bourre (“stuffing material”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.ʁe/
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Verb

bourrer

  1. (transitive) to stuff with stuffing material
  2. (transitive) to completely fill by shoving in
  3. (transitive) to make to eat a lot
  4. (transitive) to force-feed
  5. (transitive, slang) to hit someone
  6. (reflexive, slang) to get drunk
  7. (pronominal, slang) to binge
  8. (intransitive) to jam by way of excessive accumulation
  9. (intransitive, colloquial) to rush

Conjugation

Conjugation of bourrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple bourrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bourrant
/bu.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle bourré
/bu.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present bourre
/buʁ/ 		bourres
/buʁ/ 		bourre
/buʁ/ 		bourrons
/bu.ʁɔ̃/ 		bourrez
/bu.ʁe/ 		bourrent
/buʁ/
imperfect bourrais
/bu.ʁɛ/ 		bourrais
/bu.ʁɛ/ 		bourrait
/bu.ʁɛ/ 		bourrions
/bu.ʁjɔ̃/ 		bourriez
/bu.ʁje/ 		bourraient
/bu.ʁɛ/
past historic2 bourrai
/bu.ʁe/ 		bourras
/bu.ʁa/ 		bourra
/bu.ʁa/ 		bourrâmes
/bu.ʁam/ 		bourrâtes
/bu.ʁat/ 		bourrèrent
/bu.ʁɛʁ/
future bourrerai
/bu.ʁə.ʁe/ 		bourreras
/bu.ʁə.ʁa/ 		bourrera
/bu.ʁə.ʁa/ 		bourrerons
/bu.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		bourrerez
/bu.ʁə.ʁe/ 		bourreront
/bu.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional bourrerais
/bu.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		bourrerais
/bu.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		bourrerait
/bu.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		bourrerions
/bu.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		bourreriez
/bu.ʁə.ʁje/ 		bourreraient
/bu.ʁə.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 bourre
/buʁ/ 		bourres
/buʁ/ 		bourre
/buʁ/ 		bourrions
/bu.ʁjɔ̃/ 		bourriez
/bu.ʁje/ 		bourrent
/buʁ/
imperfect2 bourrasse
/bu.ʁas/ 		bourrasses
/bu.ʁas/ 		bourrât
/bu.ʁa/ 		bourrassions
/bu.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		bourrassiez
/bu.ʁa.sje/ 		bourrassent
/bu.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bourre
/buʁ/ 		— bourrons
/bu.ʁɔ̃/ 		bourrez
/bu.ʁe/ 		—
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).

Conjugation of se bourrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple se bourrer
compound s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple se bourrant
/sə bu.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle bourré
/bu.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present me bourre
/mə buʁ/ 		te bourres
/tə buʁ/ 		se bourre
/sə buʁ/ 		nous bourrons
/nu bu.ʁɔ̃/ 		vous bourrez
/vu bu.ʁe/ 		se bourrent
/sə buʁ/
imperfect me bourrais
/mə bu.ʁɛ/ 		te bourrais
/tə bu.ʁɛ/ 		se bourrait
/sə bu.ʁɛ/ 		nous bourrions
/nu bu.ʁjɔ̃/ 		vous bourriez
/vu bu.ʁje/ 		se bourraient
/sə bu.ʁɛ/
past historic2 me bourrai
/mə bu.ʁe/ 		te bourras
/tə bu.ʁa/ 		se bourra
/sə bu.ʁa/ 		nous bourrâmes
/nu bu.ʁam/ 		vous bourrâtes
/vu bu.ʁat/ 		se bourrèrent
/sə bu.ʁɛʁ/
future me bourrerai
/mə bu.ʁə.ʁe/ 		te bourreras
/tə bu.ʁə.ʁa/ 		se bourrera
/sə bu.ʁə.ʁa/ 		nous bourrerons
/nu bu.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		vous bourrerez
/vu bu.ʁə.ʁe/ 		se bourreront
/sə bu.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional me bourrerais
/mə bu.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		te bourrerais
/tə bu.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		se bourrerait
/sə bu.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		nous bourrerions
/nu bu.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		vous bourreriez
/vu bu.ʁə.ʁje/ 		se bourreraient
/sə bu.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of s'être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'être + past participle
future perfect future of s'être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present me bourre
/mə buʁ/ 		te bourres
/tə buʁ/ 		se bourre
/sə buʁ/ 		nous bourrions
/nu bu.ʁjɔ̃/ 		vous bourriez
/vu bu.ʁje/ 		se bourrent
/sə buʁ/
imperfect2 me bourrasse
/mə bu.ʁas/ 		te bourrasses
/tə bu.ʁas/ 		se bourrât
/sə bu.ʁa/ 		nous bourrassions
/nu bu.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		vous bourrassiez
/vu bu.ʁa.sje/ 		se bourrassent
/sə bu.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bourre-toi
/buʁ.twa/ 		— bourrons-nous
/bu.ʁɔ̃.nu/ 		bourrez-vous
/bu.ʁe.vu/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of s'être + past participle — simple imperative of s'être + past participle simple imperative of s'être + 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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