blaguer

French

Etymology

blague +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bla.ɡe/

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Verb

blaguer

1. to joke, to joke about

Conjugation

Conjugation of blaguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	blaguer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	blaguant /bla.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		blagué /bla.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	blague /blaɡ/	blagues /blaɡ/	blague /blaɡ/	blaguons /bla.ɡɔ̃/	blaguez /bla.ɡe/	blaguent /blaɡ/
	imperfect	blaguais /bla.ɡɛ/	blaguais /bla.ɡɛ/	blaguait /bla.ɡɛ/	blaguions /bla.ɡjɔ̃/	blaguiez /bla.ɡje/	blaguaient /bla.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	blaguai /bla.ɡe/	blaguas /bla.ɡa/	blagua /bla.ɡa/	blaguâmes /bla.ɡam/	blaguâtes /bla.ɡat/	blaguèrent /bla.ɡɛʁ/
	future	blaguerai /bla.ɡʁe/	blagueras /bla.ɡʁa/	blaguera /bla.ɡʁa/	blaguerons /bla.ɡʁɔ̃/	blaguerez /bla.ɡʁe/	blagueront /bla.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	blaguerais /bla.ɡʁɛ/	blaguerais /bla.ɡʁɛ/	blaguerait /bla.ɡʁɛ/	blaguerions /bla.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	blagueriez /bla.ɡə.ʁje/	blagueraient /bla.ɡʁɛ/
(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	blague /blaɡ/	blagues /blaɡ/	blague /blaɡ/	blaguions /bla.ɡjɔ̃/	blaguiez /bla.ɡje/	blaguent /blaɡ/
	imperfect2	blaguasse /bla.ɡas/	blaguasses /bla.ɡas/	blaguât /bla.ɡa/	blaguassions /bla.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	blaguassiez /bla.ɡa.sje/	blaguassent /bla.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	blague /blaɡ/	—	blaguons /bla.ɡɔ̃/	blaguez /bla.ɡe/	—
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).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• bulgare, Bulgare