engueuler
French
Etymology
From en- + gueule + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡœ.le/
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Verb
engueuler
- (transitive, informal) to give (someone) a roasting, to tell someone off, to chew out, to give shit
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, informal) to argue, to have a row
Conjugation
Conjugation of engueuler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | engueuler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | engueulant /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | engueulé /ɑ̃.ɡœ.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | engueule /ɑ̃.ɡœl/ | engueules /ɑ̃.ɡœl/ | engueule /ɑ̃.ɡœl/ | engueulons /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɔ̃/ | engueulez /ɑ̃.ɡœ.le/ | engueulent /ɑ̃.ɡœl/ |
| imperfect | engueulais /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɛ/ | engueulais /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɛ/ | engueulait /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɛ/ | engueulions /ɑ̃.ɡœ.ljɔ̃/ | engueuliez /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lje/ | engueulaient /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | engueulai /ɑ̃.ɡœ.le/ | engueulas /ɑ̃.ɡœ.la/ | engueula /ɑ̃.ɡœ.la/ | engueulâmes /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lam/ | engueulâtes /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lat/ | engueulèrent /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | engueulerai /ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁe/ | engueuleras /ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁa/ | engueulera /ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁa/ | engueulerons /ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁɔ̃/ | engueulerez /ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁe/ | engueuleront /ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | engueulerais /ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁɛ/ | engueulerais /ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁɛ/ | engueulerait /ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁɛ/ | engueulerions /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | engueuleriez /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lə.ʁje/ | engueuleraient /ɑ̃.ɡœl.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 | engueule /ɑ̃.ɡœl/ | engueules /ɑ̃.ɡœl/ | engueule /ɑ̃.ɡœl/ | engueulions /ɑ̃.ɡœ.ljɔ̃/ | engueuliez /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lje/ | engueulent /ɑ̃.ɡœl/ |
| imperfect2 | engueulasse /ɑ̃.ɡœ.las/ | engueulasses /ɑ̃.ɡœ.las/ | engueulât /ɑ̃.ɡœ.la/ | engueulassions /ɑ̃.ɡœ.la.sjɔ̃/ | engueulassiez /ɑ̃.ɡœ.la.sje/ | engueulassent /ɑ̃.ɡœ.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | engueule /ɑ̃.ɡœl/ | — | engueulons /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɔ̃/ | engueulez /ɑ̃.ɡœ.le/ | — | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- engueulade
- engueulement
- engueuler comme du poisson pourri
- engueuleur
Further reading
- “engueuler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.