barguigner

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French bargaignier. Compare English bargain and Portuguese barganhar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʁ.ɡi.ɲe/

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Verb

barguigner

1. to hesitate, being unable to make a decision

   Synonym: hésiter

   • 2020 May 18, “Brésil : la dangereuse fuite en avant de Bolsonaro”, in Le Monde‎^[1]:

     Il y a, à n’en pas douter, quelque chose de pourri au royaume du Brésil, où le président, Jair Bolsonaro, peut affirmer sans barguigner que le coronavirus est une « grippette » ou une « hystérie » née de l’« imagination » des médias.

     There is, without a doubt, something rotten in the state of Brazil, where the president, Jair Bolsonaro, can claim without hesitating that the coronavirus is a "little flu" or a "hysteria" born of the "imagination" of the media.

2. (Canada) to bargain, to haggle

   Synonym: marchander

Conjugation

Conjugation of barguigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	barguigner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	barguignant /baʁ.ɡi.ɲɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		barguigné /baʁ.ɡi.ɲe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	barguigne /baʁ.ɡiɲ/	barguignes /baʁ.ɡiɲ/	barguigne /baʁ.ɡiɲ/	barguignons /baʁ.ɡi.ɲɔ̃/	barguignez /baʁ.ɡi.ɲe/	barguignent /baʁ.ɡiɲ/
	imperfect	barguignais /baʁ.ɡi.ɲɛ/	barguignais /baʁ.ɡi.ɲɛ/	barguignait /baʁ.ɡi.ɲɛ/	barguignions /baʁ.ɡi.ɲjɔ̃/	barguigniez /baʁ.ɡi.ɲje/	barguignaient /baʁ.ɡi.ɲɛ/
	past historic2	barguignai /baʁ.ɡi.ɲe/	barguignas /baʁ.ɡi.ɲa/	barguigna /baʁ.ɡi.ɲa/	barguignâmes /baʁ.ɡi.ɲam/	barguignâtes /baʁ.ɡi.ɲat/	barguignèrent /baʁ.ɡi.ɲɛʁ/
	future	barguignerai /baʁ.ɡi.ɲə.ʁe/	barguigneras /baʁ.ɡi.ɲə.ʁa/	barguignera /baʁ.ɡi.ɲə.ʁa/	barguignerons /baʁ.ɡi.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/	barguignerez /baʁ.ɡi.ɲə.ʁe/	barguigneront /baʁ.ɡi.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	barguignerais /baʁ.ɡi.ɲə.ʁɛ/	barguignerais /baʁ.ɡi.ɲə.ʁɛ/	barguignerait /baʁ.ɡi.ɲə.ʁɛ/	barguignerions /baʁ.ɡi.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/	barguigneriez /baʁ.ɡi.ɲə.ʁje/	barguigneraient /baʁ.ɡi.ɲə.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	barguigne /baʁ.ɡiɲ/	barguignes /baʁ.ɡiɲ/	barguigne /baʁ.ɡiɲ/	barguignions /baʁ.ɡi.ɲjɔ̃/	barguigniez /baʁ.ɡi.ɲje/	barguignent /baʁ.ɡiɲ/
	imperfect2	barguignasse /baʁ.ɡi.ɲas/	barguignasses /baʁ.ɡi.ɲas/	barguignât /baʁ.ɡi.ɲa/	barguignassions /baʁ.ɡi.ɲa.sjɔ̃/	barguignassiez /baʁ.ɡi.ɲa.sje/	barguignassent /baʁ.ɡi.ɲas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	barguigne /baʁ.ɡiɲ/	—	barguignons /baʁ.ɡi.ɲɔ̃/	barguignez /baʁ.ɡi.ɲe/	—
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

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

Old French

Verb

barguigner

1. Alternative form of barguignier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ign, *-igns, *-ignt are modified to ing, inz, int. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of barguigner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		barguigner			avoir barguigné
gerund		en barguignant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		barguignant
past participle		barguigné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	barguing	barguignes	barguigne	barguignons	barguignez	barguignent
	imperfect	barguignoie, barguigneie, barguignoe, barguigneve	barguignoies, barguigneies, barguignoes, barguigneves	barguignoit, barguigneit, barguignot, barguigneve	barguigniiens, barguigniens	barguigniiez, barguigniez	barguignoient, barguigneient, barguignoent, barguignevent
	preterite	barguignai	barguignas	barguigna	barguignames	barguignastes	barguignerent
	future	barguignerai	barguigneras	barguignera	barguignerons	barguigneroiz, barguignereiz, barguignerez	barguigneront
	conditional	barguigneroie, barguignereie	barguigneroies, barguignereies	barguigneroit, barguignereit	barguigneriiens, barguigneriens	barguigneriiez, barguigneriez	barguigneroient, barguignereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	barguing	barguinz	barguint	barguignons	barguignez	barguignent
	imperfect	barguignasse	barguignasses	barguignast	barguignissons, barguignissiens	barguignissoiz, barguignissez, barguignissiez	barguignassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	barguigne	—	barguignons	barguignez	—