embouer

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ boue (“mud; dirt”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

embouer

1. to mud (make muddy)

Conjugation

Conjugation of embouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	embouer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	embouant /ɑ̃.bwɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		emboué /ɑ̃.bwe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	emboue /ɑ̃.bu/	emboues /ɑ̃.bu/	emboue /ɑ̃.bu/	embouons /ɑ̃.bwɔ̃/	embouez /ɑ̃.bwe/	embouent /ɑ̃.bu/
	imperfect	embouais /ɑ̃.bwɛ/	embouais /ɑ̃.bwɛ/	embouait /ɑ̃.bwɛ/	embouions /ɑ̃.bu.jɔ̃/	embouiez /ɑ̃.bu.je/	embouaient /ɑ̃.bwɛ/
	past historic2	embouai /ɑ̃.bwe/	embouas /ɑ̃.bwa/	emboua /ɑ̃.bwa/	embouâmes /ɑ̃.bwam/	embouâtes /ɑ̃.bwat/	embouèrent /ɑ̃.bwɛʁ/
	future	embouerai /ɑ̃.bu.ʁe/	emboueras /ɑ̃.bu.ʁa/	embouera /ɑ̃.bu.ʁa/	embouerons /ɑ̃.bu.ʁɔ̃/	embouerez /ɑ̃.bu.ʁe/	emboueront /ɑ̃.bu.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	embouerais /ɑ̃.bu.ʁɛ/	embouerais /ɑ̃.bu.ʁɛ/	embouerait /ɑ̃.bu.ʁɛ/	embouerions /ɑ̃.bu.ʁjɔ̃/	emboueriez /ɑ̃.bu.ʁje/	emboueraient /ɑ̃.bu.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	emboue /ɑ̃.bu/	emboues /ɑ̃.bu/	emboue /ɑ̃.bu/	embouions /ɑ̃.bu.jɔ̃/	embouiez /ɑ̃.bu.je/	embouent /ɑ̃.bu/
	imperfect2	embouasse /ɑ̃.bwas/	embouasses /ɑ̃.bwas/	embouât /ɑ̃.bwa/	embouassions /ɑ̃.bwa.sjɔ̃/	embouassiez /ɑ̃.bwa.sje/	embouassent /ɑ̃.bwas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	emboue /ɑ̃.bu/	—	embouons /ɑ̃.bwɔ̃/	embouez /ɑ̃.bwe/	—
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).

Derived terms

• désembouer

Further reading

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