emmerder

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ merde +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.mɛʁ.de/
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Verb

emmerder

  1. (transitive, mildly vulgar) to bug, bother, irritate "the shit out of" someone
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fr:embêter
    Il m’emmerde avec ses gamineries ! ― He's a pain with his childish nonsense!
  2. (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun, vulgar) to bother with
    Synonym: se faire chier avec/à, se casser le cul à
    ils ne se sont pas emmerdés avec ça ― they didn't bother themselves with that
    je me suis emmerdé à réparer cette saleté ― I toiled fixing this piece of junk
  3. (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun, vulgar) to be bored
    Synonym: se faire chier
    Ah, ce qu’on s’emmerde ici ! ― Man, it's so boring here!
  4. (transitive, vulgar) used to tell someone to bug off
    Je t’emmerde ! ― Screw you!

Conjugation
Conjugation of emmerder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple emmerder
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple emmerdant
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle emmerdé
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.de/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present emmerde
/ɑ̃.mɛʁd/		 emmerdes
/ɑ̃.mɛʁd/		 emmerde
/ɑ̃.mɛʁd/		 emmerdons
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dɔ̃/		 emmerdez
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.de/		 emmerdent
/ɑ̃.mɛʁd/
imperfect emmerdais
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dɛ/		 emmerdais
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dɛ/		 emmerdait
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dɛ/		 emmerdions
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.djɔ̃/		 emmerdiez
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dje/		 emmerdaient
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dɛ/
past historic2 emmerdai
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.de/		 emmerdas
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.da/		 emmerda
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.da/		 emmerdâmes
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dam/		 emmerdâtes
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dat/		 emmerdèrent
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dɛʁ/
future emmerderai
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.də.ʁe/		 emmerderas
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.də.ʁa/		 emmerdera
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.də.ʁa/		 emmerderons
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/		 emmerderez
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.də.ʁe/		 emmerderont
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/
conditional emmerderais
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.də.ʁɛ/		 emmerderais
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.də.ʁɛ/		 emmerderait
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.də.ʁɛ/		 emmerderions
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/		 emmerderiez
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.də.ʁje/		 emmerderaient
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.də.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 emmerde
/ɑ̃.mɛʁd/		 emmerdes
/ɑ̃.mɛʁd/		 emmerde
/ɑ̃.mɛʁd/		 emmerdions
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.djɔ̃/		 emmerdiez
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dje/		 emmerdent
/ɑ̃.mɛʁd/
imperfect2 emmerdasse
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.das/		 emmerdasses
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.das/		 emmerdât
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.da/		 emmerdassions
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.da.sjɔ̃/		 emmerdassiez
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.da.sje/		 emmerdassent
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.das/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — emmerde
/ɑ̃.mɛʁd/		 — emmerdons
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dɔ̃/		 emmerdez
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.de/		 —
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).

Synonyms

Coordinate terms
  • (to bother with): se taper, se farcir, se coltiner

Derived terms

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