boursoufler

French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /buʁ.su.fle/
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Verb

boursoufler

  1. (transitive) to swell, inflate
  2. (reflexive) to become swollen or bloated; to blister

Conjugation
Conjugation of boursoufler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple boursoufler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple boursouflant
/buʁ.su.flɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle boursouflé
/buʁ.su.fle/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present boursoufle
/buʁ.sufl/		 boursoufles
/buʁ.sufl/		 boursoufle
/buʁ.sufl/		 boursouflons
/buʁ.su.flɔ̃/		 boursouflez
/buʁ.su.fle/		 boursouflent
/buʁ.sufl/
imperfect boursouflais
/buʁ.su.flɛ/		 boursouflais
/buʁ.su.flɛ/		 boursouflait
/buʁ.su.flɛ/		 boursouflions
/buʁ.su.fli.jɔ̃/		 boursoufliez
/buʁ.su.fli.je/		 boursouflaient
/buʁ.su.flɛ/
past historic2 boursouflai
/buʁ.su.fle/		 boursouflas
/buʁ.su.fla/		 boursoufla
/buʁ.su.fla/		 boursouflâmes
/buʁ.su.flam/		 boursouflâtes
/buʁ.su.flat/		 boursouflèrent
/buʁ.su.flɛʁ/
future boursouflerai
/buʁ.su.flə.ʁe/		 boursoufleras
/buʁ.su.flə.ʁa/		 boursouflera
/buʁ.su.flə.ʁa/		 boursouflerons
/buʁ.su.flə.ʁɔ̃/		 boursouflerez
/buʁ.su.flə.ʁe/		 boursoufleront
/buʁ.su.flə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional boursouflerais
/buʁ.su.flə.ʁɛ/		 boursouflerais
/buʁ.su.flə.ʁɛ/		 boursouflerait
/buʁ.su.flə.ʁɛ/		 boursouflerions
/buʁ.su.flə.ʁjɔ̃/		 boursoufleriez
/buʁ.su.flə.ʁje/		 boursoufleraient
/buʁ.su.flə.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 boursoufle
/buʁ.sufl/		 boursoufles
/buʁ.sufl/		 boursoufle
/buʁ.sufl/		 boursouflions
/buʁ.su.fli.jɔ̃/		 boursoufliez
/buʁ.su.fli.je/		 boursouflent
/buʁ.sufl/
imperfect2 boursouflasse
/buʁ.su.flas/		 boursouflasses
/buʁ.su.flas/		 boursouflât
/buʁ.su.fla/		 boursouflassions
/buʁ.su.fla.sjɔ̃/		 boursouflassiez
/buʁ.su.fla.sje/		 boursouflassent
/buʁ.su.flas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — boursoufle
/buʁ.sufl/		 — boursouflons
/buʁ.su.flɔ̃/		 boursouflez
/buʁ.su.fle/		 —
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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