engueuler

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ gueule +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡœ.le/
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Verb

engueuler

  1. (transitive, informal) to give (someone) a roasting, to tell someone off, to chew out, to give shit
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, informal) to argue, to have a row

Conjugation
Conjugation of engueuler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple engueuler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple engueulant
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle engueulé
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present engueule
/ɑ̃.ɡœl/		 engueules
/ɑ̃.ɡœl/		 engueule
/ɑ̃.ɡœl/		 engueulons
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɔ̃/		 engueulez
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.le/		 engueulent
/ɑ̃.ɡœl/
imperfect engueulais
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɛ/		 engueulais
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɛ/		 engueulait
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɛ/		 engueulions
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.ljɔ̃/		 engueuliez
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.lje/		 engueulaient
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɛ/
past historic2 engueulai
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.le/		 engueulas
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.la/		 engueula
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.la/		 engueulâmes
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.lam/		 engueulâtes
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.lat/		 engueulèrent
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɛʁ/
future engueulerai
/ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁe/		 engueuleras
/ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁa/		 engueulera
/ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁa/		 engueulerons
/ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁɔ̃/		 engueulerez
/ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁe/		 engueuleront
/ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional engueulerais
/ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁɛ/		 engueulerais
/ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁɛ/		 engueulerait
/ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁɛ/		 engueulerions
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/		 engueuleriez
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.lə.ʁje/		 engueuleraient
/ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁɛ/
(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 engueule
/ɑ̃.ɡœl/		 engueules
/ɑ̃.ɡœl/		 engueule
/ɑ̃.ɡœl/		 engueulions
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.ljɔ̃/		 engueuliez
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.lje/		 engueulent
/ɑ̃.ɡœl/
imperfect2 engueulasse
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.las/		 engueulasses
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.las/		 engueulât
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.la/		 engueulassions
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.la.sjɔ̃/		 engueulassiez
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.la.sje/		 engueulassent
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.las/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — engueule
/ɑ̃.ɡœl/		 — engueulons
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɔ̃/		 engueulez
/ɑ̃.ɡœ.le/		 —
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).

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