grimacer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡʁi.ma.se/

Verb

grimacer (intransitive)

1. to grimace

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 grimacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		grimacer			avoir grimacé
gerund		en grimaçant			en ayant grimacé
present participle		grimaçant
past participle		grimacé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	grimace	grimaces	grimace	grimaçons	grimacez	grimacent
	imperfect	grimaçais	grimaçais	grimaçait	grimacions	grimaciez	grimaçaient
	past historic1	grimaçai	grimaças	grimaça	grimaçâmes	grimaçâtes	grimacèrent
	future	grimacerai	grimaceras	grimacera	grimacerons	grimacerez	grimaceront
	conditional	grimacerais	grimacerais	grimacerait	grimacerions	grimaceriez	grimaceraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	grimace	grimaces	grimace	grimacions	grimaciez	grimacent
	imperfect1	grimaçasse	grimaçasses	grimaçât	grimaçassions	grimaçassiez	grimaçassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	grimace	—	grimaçons	grimacez	—
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