boursoufler

French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buʁ.su.fle/
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Verb

boursoufler

  1. (transitive) to swell, inflate
  2. (reflexive) to become swollen or bloated; to blister

Conjugation

Conjugation of boursoufler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple boursoufler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple boursouflant
/buʁ.su.flɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle boursouflé
/buʁ.su.fle/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present boursoufle
/buʁ.sufl/ 		boursoufles
/buʁ.sufl/ 		boursoufle
/buʁ.sufl/ 		boursouflons
/buʁ.su.flɔ̃/ 		boursouflez
/buʁ.su.fle/ 		boursouflent
/buʁ.sufl/
imperfect boursouflais
/buʁ.su.flɛ/ 		boursouflais
/buʁ.su.flɛ/ 		boursouflait
/buʁ.su.flɛ/ 		boursouflions
/buʁ.su.fli.jɔ̃/ 		boursoufliez
/buʁ.su.fli.je/ 		boursouflaient
/buʁ.su.flɛ/
past historic2 boursouflai
/buʁ.su.fle/ 		boursouflas
/buʁ.su.fla/ 		boursoufla
/buʁ.su.fla/ 		boursouflâmes
/buʁ.su.flam/ 		boursouflâtes
/buʁ.su.flat/ 		boursouflèrent
/buʁ.su.flɛʁ/
future boursouflerai
/buʁ.su.flə.ʁe/ 		boursoufleras
/buʁ.su.flə.ʁa/ 		boursouflera
/buʁ.su.flə.ʁa/ 		boursouflerons
/buʁ.su.flə.ʁɔ̃/ 		boursouflerez
/buʁ.su.flə.ʁe/ 		boursoufleront
/buʁ.su.flə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional boursouflerais
/buʁ.su.flə.ʁɛ/ 		boursouflerais
/buʁ.su.flə.ʁɛ/ 		boursouflerait
/buʁ.su.flə.ʁɛ/ 		boursouflerions
/buʁ.su.flə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		boursoufleriez
/buʁ.su.flə.ʁje/ 		boursoufleraient
/buʁ.su.flə.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 boursoufle
/buʁ.sufl/ 		boursoufles
/buʁ.sufl/ 		boursoufle
/buʁ.sufl/ 		boursouflions
/buʁ.su.fli.jɔ̃/ 		boursoufliez
/buʁ.su.fli.je/ 		boursouflent
/buʁ.sufl/
imperfect2 boursouflasse
/buʁ.su.flas/ 		boursouflasses
/buʁ.su.flas/ 		boursouflât
/buʁ.su.fla/ 		boursouflassions
/buʁ.su.fla.sjɔ̃/ 		boursouflassiez
/buʁ.su.fla.sje/ 		boursouflassent
/buʁ.su.flas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — boursoufle
/buʁ.sufl/ 		— boursouflons
/buʁ.su.flɔ̃/ 		boursouflez
/buʁ.su.fle/ 		—
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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