gambader

French

Etymology

From gambade +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑ̃.ba.de/

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Verb

gambader

1. (intransitive) to frolic, gambol, caper
   • 1980, “Jojo le Projo”, in Assez !, performed by Claude Nougaro:

     J'gambadais dans mon cerceau/Dans un simple rond d'lumière

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gambader (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	gambader
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	gambadant /ɡɑ̃.ba.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gambadé /ɡɑ̃.ba.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gambade /ɡɑ̃.bad/	gambades /ɡɑ̃.bad/	gambade /ɡɑ̃.bad/	gambadons /ɡɑ̃.ba.dɔ̃/	gambadez /ɡɑ̃.ba.de/	gambadent /ɡɑ̃.bad/
	imperfect	gambadais /ɡɑ̃.ba.dɛ/	gambadais /ɡɑ̃.ba.dɛ/	gambadait /ɡɑ̃.ba.dɛ/	gambadions /ɡɑ̃.ba.djɔ̃/	gambadiez /ɡɑ̃.ba.dje/	gambadaient /ɡɑ̃.ba.dɛ/
	past historic2	gambadai /ɡɑ̃.ba.de/	gambadas /ɡɑ̃.ba.da/	gambada /ɡɑ̃.ba.da/	gambadâmes /ɡɑ̃.ba.dam/	gambadâtes /ɡɑ̃.ba.dat/	gambadèrent /ɡɑ̃.ba.dɛʁ/
	future	gambaderai /ɡɑ̃.ba.dʁe/	gambaderas /ɡɑ̃.ba.dʁa/	gambadera /ɡɑ̃.ba.dʁa/	gambaderons /ɡɑ̃.ba.dʁɔ̃/	gambaderez /ɡɑ̃.ba.dʁe/	gambaderont /ɡɑ̃.ba.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	gambaderais /ɡɑ̃.ba.dʁɛ/	gambaderais /ɡɑ̃.ba.dʁɛ/	gambaderait /ɡɑ̃.ba.dʁɛ/	gambaderions /ɡɑ̃.ba.də.ʁjɔ̃/	gambaderiez /ɡɑ̃.ba.də.ʁje/	gambaderaient /ɡɑ̃.ba.dʁɛ/
(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	gambade /ɡɑ̃.bad/	gambades /ɡɑ̃.bad/	gambade /ɡɑ̃.bad/	gambadions /ɡɑ̃.ba.djɔ̃/	gambadiez /ɡɑ̃.ba.dje/	gambadent /ɡɑ̃.bad/
	imperfect2	gambadasse /ɡɑ̃.ba.das/	gambadasses /ɡɑ̃.ba.das/	gambadât /ɡɑ̃.ba.da/	gambadassions /ɡɑ̃.ba.da.sjɔ̃/	gambadassiez /ɡɑ̃.ba.da.sje/	gambadassent /ɡɑ̃.ba.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gambade /ɡɑ̃.bad/	—	gambadons /ɡɑ̃.ba.dɔ̃/	gambadez /ɡɑ̃.ba.de/	—
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

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