espacer
French
Etymology
espace + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛs.pa.se/
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Verb
espacer
- (transitive) to space out, to allow gaps or intervals between
Conjugation
This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.
Conjugation of espacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | espacer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | espaçant /ɛs.pa.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | espacé /ɛs.pa.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | espace /ɛs.pas/ | espaces /ɛs.pas/ | espace /ɛs.pas/ | espaçons /ɛs.pa.sɔ̃/ | espacez /ɛs.pa.se/ | espacent /ɛs.pas/ |
imperfect | espaçais /ɛs.pa.sɛ/ | espaçais /ɛs.pa.sɛ/ | espaçait /ɛs.pa.sɛ/ | espacions /ɛs.pa.sjɔ̃/ | espaciez /ɛs.pa.sje/ | espaçaient /ɛs.pa.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | espaçai /ɛs.pa.se/ | espaças /ɛs.pa.sa/ | espaça /ɛs.pa.sa/ | espaçâmes /ɛs.pa.sam/ | espaçâtes /ɛs.pa.sat/ | espacèrent /ɛs.pa.sɛʁ/ | |
future | espacerai /ɛs.pa.sʁe/ | espaceras /ɛs.pa.sʁa/ | espacera /ɛs.pa.sʁa/ | espacerons /ɛs.pa.sʁɔ̃/ | espacerez /ɛs.pa.sʁe/ | espaceront /ɛs.pa.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | espacerais /ɛs.pa.sʁɛ/ | espacerais /ɛs.pa.sʁɛ/ | espacerait /ɛs.pa.sʁɛ/ | espacerions /ɛs.pa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | espaceriez /ɛs.pa.sə.ʁje/ | espaceraient /ɛs.pa.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 | espace /ɛs.pas/ | espaces /ɛs.pas/ | espace /ɛs.pas/ | espacions /ɛs.pa.sjɔ̃/ | espaciez /ɛs.pa.sje/ | espacent /ɛs.pas/ |
imperfect2 | espaçasse /ɛs.pa.sas/ | espaçasses /ɛs.pa.sas/ | espaçât /ɛs.pa.sa/ | espaçassions /ɛs.pa.sa.sjɔ̃/ | espaçassiez /ɛs.pa.sa.sje/ | espaçassent /ɛs.pa.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | espace /ɛs.pas/ | — | espaçons /ɛs.pa.sɔ̃/ | espacez /ɛs.pa.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
- “espacer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.