gargoter
French
Etymology
Related to Old French gargate (“back of the throat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.te/
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Verb
gargoter
- (intransitive) synonym of glouglouter (“to gurgle”)
- (intransitive, colloquial) to cook badly
Conjugation
Conjugation of gargoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | gargoter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | gargotant /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | gargoté /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | gargote /ɡaʁ.ɡɔt/ |
gargotes /ɡaʁ.ɡɔt/ |
gargote /ɡaʁ.ɡɔt/ |
gargotons /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tɔ̃/ |
gargotez /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.te/ |
gargotent /ɡaʁ.ɡɔt/ |
| imperfect | gargotais /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tɛ/ |
gargotais /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tɛ/ |
gargotait /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tɛ/ |
gargotions /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
gargotiez /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tje/ |
gargotaient /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | gargotai /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.te/ |
gargotas /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.ta/ |
gargota /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.ta/ |
gargotâmes /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tam/ |
gargotâtes /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tat/ |
gargotèrent /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | gargoterai /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tʁe/ |
gargoteras /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tʁa/ |
gargotera /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tʁa/ |
gargoterons /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
gargoterez /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tʁe/ |
gargoteront /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | gargoterais /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/ |
gargoterais /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/ |
gargoterait /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/ |
gargoterions /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gargoteriez /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
gargoteraient /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | gargote /ɡaʁ.ɡɔt/ |
gargotes /ɡaʁ.ɡɔt/ |
gargote /ɡaʁ.ɡɔt/ |
gargotions /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
gargotiez /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tje/ |
gargotent /ɡaʁ.ɡɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | gargotasse /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tas/ |
gargotasses /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tas/ |
gargotât /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.ta/ |
gargotassions /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
gargotassiez /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.ta.sje/ |
gargotassent /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | gargote /ɡaʁ.ɡɔt/ |
— | gargotons /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tɔ̃/ |
gargotez /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.te/ |
— | |
| 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
Further reading
- “gargoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012