encrasser

French

Etymology

en- +‎ crasse +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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Verb

encrasser

1. (transitive) to dirty, to foul
2. (reflexive) to get dirty, get filthy

Conjugation

Conjugation of encrasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	encrasser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	encrassant /ɑ̃.kʁa.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		encrassé /ɑ̃.kʁa.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	encrasse /ɑ̃.kʁas/	encrasses /ɑ̃.kʁas/	encrasse /ɑ̃.kʁas/	encrassons /ɑ̃.kʁa.sɔ̃/	encrassez /ɑ̃.kʁa.se/	encrassent /ɑ̃.kʁas/
	imperfect	encrassais /ɑ̃.kʁa.sɛ/	encrassais /ɑ̃.kʁa.sɛ/	encrassait /ɑ̃.kʁa.sɛ/	encrassions /ɑ̃.kʁa.sjɔ̃/	encrassiez /ɑ̃.kʁa.sje/	encrassaient /ɑ̃.kʁa.sɛ/
	past historic2	encrassai /ɑ̃.kʁa.se/	encrassas /ɑ̃.kʁa.sa/	encrassa /ɑ̃.kʁa.sa/	encrassâmes /ɑ̃.kʁa.sam/	encrassâtes /ɑ̃.kʁa.sat/	encrassèrent /ɑ̃.kʁa.sɛʁ/
	future	encrasserai /ɑ̃.kʁa.sʁe/	encrasseras /ɑ̃.kʁa.sʁa/	encrassera /ɑ̃.kʁa.sʁa/	encrasserons /ɑ̃.kʁa.sʁɔ̃/	encrasserez /ɑ̃.kʁa.sʁe/	encrasseront /ɑ̃.kʁa.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	encrasserais /ɑ̃.kʁa.sʁɛ/	encrasserais /ɑ̃.kʁa.sʁɛ/	encrasserait /ɑ̃.kʁa.sʁɛ/	encrasserions /ɑ̃.kʁa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	encrasseriez /ɑ̃.kʁa.sə.ʁje/	encrasseraient /ɑ̃.kʁa.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	encrasse /ɑ̃.kʁas/	encrasses /ɑ̃.kʁas/	encrasse /ɑ̃.kʁas/	encrassions /ɑ̃.kʁa.sjɔ̃/	encrassiez /ɑ̃.kʁa.sje/	encrassent /ɑ̃.kʁas/
	imperfect2	encrassasse /ɑ̃.kʁa.sas/	encrassasses /ɑ̃.kʁa.sas/	encrassât /ɑ̃.kʁa.sa/	encrassassions /ɑ̃.kʁa.sa.sjɔ̃/	encrassassiez /ɑ̃.kʁa.sa.sje/	encrassassent /ɑ̃.kʁa.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	encrasse /ɑ̃.kʁas/	—	encrassons /ɑ̃.kʁa.sɔ̃/	encrassez /ɑ̃.kʁa.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: 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).

Derived terms

• encrassage

Further reading

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