buguer

French

Alternative forms

• beuguer
• boguer
• bugger

Etymology

From bug +‎ -er; from English bug.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bœ.ɡe/, /bɔ.ɡe/

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Verb

buguer

1. (computing) To bug; to be infected with a bug or virus; to be malfunctioning due to an infection thereof.

1. (figuratively) To function poorly, often mentally

Conjugation

Conjugation of buguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	buguer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	buguant /bœ.ɡɑ̃/ or /bɔ.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bugué /bœ.ɡe/ or /bɔ.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bugue /bœɡ/ or /bɔɡ/	bugues /bœɡ/ or /bɔɡ/	bugue /bœɡ/ or /bɔɡ/	buguons /bœ.ɡɔ̃/ or /bɔ.ɡɔ̃/	buguez /bœ.ɡe/ or /bɔ.ɡe/	buguent /bœɡ/ or /bɔɡ/
	imperfect	buguais /bœ.ɡɛ/ or /bɔ.ɡɛ/	buguais /bœ.ɡɛ/ or /bɔ.ɡɛ/	buguait /bœ.ɡɛ/ or /bɔ.ɡɛ/	buguions /bœ.ɡjɔ̃/ or /bɔ.ɡjɔ̃/	buguiez /bœ.ɡje/ or /bɔ.ɡje/	buguaient /bœ.ɡɛ/ or /bɔ.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	buguai /bœ.ɡe/ or /bɔ.ɡe/	buguas /bœ.ɡa/ or /bɔ.ɡa/	bugua /bœ.ɡa/ or /bɔ.ɡa/	buguâmes /bœ.ɡam/ or /bɔ.ɡam/	buguâtes /bœ.ɡat/ or /bɔ.ɡat/	buguèrent /bœ.ɡɛʁ/ or /bɔ.ɡɛʁ/
	future	buguerai /bœ.ɡʁe/ or /bɔ.ɡʁe/	bugueras /bœ.ɡʁa/ or /bɔ.ɡʁa/	buguera /bœ.ɡʁa/ or /bɔ.ɡʁa/	buguerons /bœ.ɡʁɔ̃/ or /bɔ.ɡʁɔ̃/	buguerez /bœ.ɡʁe/ or /bɔ.ɡʁe/	bugueront /bœ.ɡʁɔ̃/ or /bɔ.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	buguerais /bœ.ɡʁɛ/ or /bɔ.ɡʁɛ/	buguerais /bœ.ɡʁɛ/ or /bɔ.ɡʁɛ/	buguerait /bœ.ɡʁɛ/ or /bɔ.ɡʁɛ/	buguerions /bœ.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bɔ.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	bugueriez /bœ.ɡə.ʁje/ or /bɔ.ɡə.ʁje/	bugueraient /bœ.ɡʁɛ/ or /bɔ.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	bugue /bœɡ/ or /bɔɡ/	bugues /bœɡ/ or /bɔɡ/	bugue /bœɡ/ or /bɔɡ/	buguions /bœ.ɡjɔ̃/ or /bɔ.ɡjɔ̃/	buguiez /bœ.ɡje/ or /bɔ.ɡje/	buguent /bœɡ/ or /bɔɡ/
	imperfect2	buguasse /bœ.ɡas/ or /bɔ.ɡas/	buguasses /bœ.ɡas/ or /bɔ.ɡas/	buguât /bœ.ɡa/ or /bɔ.ɡa/	buguassions /bœ.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ or /bɔ.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	buguassiez /bœ.ɡa.sje/ or /bɔ.ɡa.sje/	buguassent /bœ.ɡas/ or /bɔ.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bugue /bœɡ/ or /bɔɡ/	—	buguons /bœ.ɡɔ̃/ or /bɔ.ɡɔ̃/	buguez /bœ.ɡe/ or /bɔ.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).

Related terms

• bug
• débuguer