regonfler

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ gonfler, cognate with Italian rigonfiare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.fle/

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Verb

regonfler

1. (transitive) to reinflate
2. (intransitive) to swell up

Conjugation

Conjugation of regonfler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	regonfler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	regonflant /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		regonflé /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.fle/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	regonfle /ʁə.ɡɔ̃fl/	regonfles /ʁə.ɡɔ̃fl/	regonfle /ʁə.ɡɔ̃fl/	regonflons /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flɔ̃/	regonflez /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.fle/	regonflent /ʁə.ɡɔ̃fl/
	imperfect	regonflais /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flɛ/	regonflais /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flɛ/	regonflait /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flɛ/	regonflions /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.fli.jɔ̃/	regonfliez /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.fli.je/	regonflaient /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flɛ/
	past historic2	regonflai /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.fle/	regonflas /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.fla/	regonfla /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.fla/	regonflâmes /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flam/	regonflâtes /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flat/	regonflèrent /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flɛʁ/
	future	regonflerai /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁe/	regonfleras /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁa/	regonflera /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁa/	regonflerons /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɔ̃/	regonflerez /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁe/	regonfleront /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	regonflerais /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɛ/	regonflerais /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɛ/	regonflerait /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɛ/	regonflerions /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁjɔ̃/	regonfleriez /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁje/	regonfleraient /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.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	regonfle /ʁə.ɡɔ̃fl/	regonfles /ʁə.ɡɔ̃fl/	regonfle /ʁə.ɡɔ̃fl/	regonflions /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.fli.jɔ̃/	regonfliez /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.fli.je/	regonflent /ʁə.ɡɔ̃fl/
	imperfect2	regonflasse /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flas/	regonflasses /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flas/	regonflât /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.fla/	regonflassions /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.fla.sjɔ̃/	regonflassiez /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.fla.sje/	regonflassent /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	regonfle /ʁə.ɡɔ̃fl/	—	regonflons /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.flɔ̃/	regonflez /ʁə.ɡɔ̃.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).

Related terms

• regonflement

Further reading

• “regonfler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.