alpaguer

French

Etymology

From alpague (“overcoat”) +‎ -er, compare colleter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.pa.ɡe/

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Verb

alpaguer

1. (slang) to collar, catch, seize, arrest

   Synonyms: prendre, saisir, appréhender, arrêter, serrer

   • 2001, Frédéric Beigbeder, Dernier inventaire avant liquidation, Grasset, →ISBN, page 21:

     […] le 4 octobre 1926, rue Lafayette, André Breton alpague une passante prénommée Nadja, «créature inspirée et inspirante», laquelle se révélera par la suite une putain cocaïnomane possédant des dons extralucides, qui finira à l’asile (rock’n roll, non ?).

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Conjugation

Conjugation of alpaguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	alpaguer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	alpaguant /al.pa.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		alpagué /al.pa.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	alpague /al.paɡ/	alpagues /al.paɡ/	alpague /al.paɡ/	alpaguons /al.pa.ɡɔ̃/	alpaguez /al.pa.ɡe/	alpaguent /al.paɡ/
	imperfect	alpaguais /al.pa.ɡɛ/	alpaguais /al.pa.ɡɛ/	alpaguait /al.pa.ɡɛ/	alpaguions /al.pa.ɡjɔ̃/	alpaguiez /al.pa.ɡje/	alpaguaient /al.pa.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	alpaguai /al.pa.ɡe/	alpaguas /al.pa.ɡa/	alpagua /al.pa.ɡa/	alpaguâmes /al.pa.ɡam/	alpaguâtes /al.pa.ɡat/	alpaguèrent /al.pa.ɡɛʁ/
	future	alpaguerai /al.pa.ɡʁe/	alpagueras /al.pa.ɡʁa/	alpaguera /al.pa.ɡʁa/	alpaguerons /al.pa.ɡʁɔ̃/	alpaguerez /al.pa.ɡʁe/	alpagueront /al.pa.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	alpaguerais /al.pa.ɡʁɛ/	alpaguerais /al.pa.ɡʁɛ/	alpaguerait /al.pa.ɡʁɛ/	alpaguerions /al.pa.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	alpagueriez /al.pa.ɡə.ʁje/	alpagueraient /al.pa.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	alpague /al.paɡ/	alpagues /al.paɡ/	alpague /al.paɡ/	alpaguions /al.pa.ɡjɔ̃/	alpaguiez /al.pa.ɡje/	alpaguent /al.paɡ/
	imperfect2	alpaguasse /al.pa.ɡas/	alpaguasses /al.pa.ɡas/	alpaguât /al.pa.ɡa/	alpaguassions /al.pa.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	alpaguassiez /al.pa.ɡa.sje/	alpaguassent /al.pa.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	alpague /al.paɡ/	—	alpaguons /al.pa.ɡɔ̃/	alpaguez /al.pa.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).