enjuguer

French

Etymology

en- +‎ joug (“yoke”) +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡe/

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Verb

enjuguer

1. (transitive) to yoke

Conjugation

Conjugation of enjuguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	enjuguer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	enjuguant /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enjugué /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enjugue /ɑ̃.ʒyɡ/	enjugues /ɑ̃.ʒyɡ/	enjugue /ɑ̃.ʒyɡ/	enjuguons /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡɔ̃/	enjuguez /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡe/	enjuguent /ɑ̃.ʒyɡ/
	imperfect	enjuguais /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡɛ/	enjuguais /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡɛ/	enjuguait /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡɛ/	enjuguions /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡjɔ̃/	enjuguiez /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡje/	enjuguaient /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	enjuguai /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡe/	enjuguas /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡa/	enjugua /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡa/	enjuguâmes /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡam/	enjuguâtes /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡat/	enjuguèrent /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡɛʁ/
	future	enjuguerai /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡʁe/	enjugueras /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡʁa/	enjuguera /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡʁa/	enjuguerons /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡʁɔ̃/	enjuguerez /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡʁe/	enjugueront /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enjuguerais /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡʁɛ/	enjuguerais /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡʁɛ/	enjuguerait /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡʁɛ/	enjuguerions /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	enjugueriez /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡə.ʁje/	enjugueraient /ɑ̃.ʒy.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	enjugue /ɑ̃.ʒyɡ/	enjugues /ɑ̃.ʒyɡ/	enjugue /ɑ̃.ʒyɡ/	enjuguions /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡjɔ̃/	enjuguiez /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡje/	enjuguent /ɑ̃.ʒyɡ/
	imperfect2	enjuguasse /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡas/	enjuguasses /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡas/	enjuguât /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡa/	enjuguassions /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	enjuguassiez /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡa.sje/	enjuguassent /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	enjugue /ɑ̃.ʒyɡ/	—	enjuguons /ɑ̃.ʒy.ɡɔ̃/	enjuguez /ɑ̃.ʒy.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

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