tracasser

French

Etymology

From traque or trac +‎ -asser.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʁa.ka.se/
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Verb

tracasser

  1. (transitive) to bother, to annoy, to worry,
    Synonym: effrayant
    Qu’est ce qui te tracasse tant ? ― What's bothering you so much?
    Sa santé me tracasse. ― His/her health worries me.
  2. (intransitive, dated) to fret, to fuss
    Il ne peut se tenir en repos, il tracasse sans cesse. ― He can't relax, he's always fussing.

Conjugation
Conjugation of tracasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple tracasser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple tracassant
/tʁa.ka.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle tracassé
/tʁa.ka.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present tracasse
/tʁa.kas/		 tracasses
/tʁa.kas/		 tracasse
/tʁa.kas/		 tracassons
/tʁa.ka.sɔ̃/		 tracassez
/tʁa.ka.se/		 tracassent
/tʁa.kas/
imperfect tracassais
/tʁa.ka.sɛ/		 tracassais
/tʁa.ka.sɛ/		 tracassait
/tʁa.ka.sɛ/		 tracassions
/tʁa.ka.sjɔ̃/		 tracassiez
/tʁa.ka.sje/		 tracassaient
/tʁa.ka.sɛ/
past historic2 tracassai
/tʁa.ka.se/		 tracassas
/tʁa.ka.sa/		 tracassa
/tʁa.ka.sa/		 tracassâmes
/tʁa.ka.sam/		 tracassâtes
/tʁa.ka.sat/		 tracassèrent
/tʁa.ka.sɛʁ/
future tracasserai
/tʁa.ka.sʁe/		 tracasseras
/tʁa.ka.sʁa/		 tracassera
/tʁa.ka.sʁa/		 tracasserons
/tʁa.ka.sʁɔ̃/		 tracasserez
/tʁa.ka.sʁe/		 tracasseront
/tʁa.ka.sʁɔ̃/
conditional tracasserais
/tʁa.ka.sʁɛ/		 tracasserais
/tʁa.ka.sʁɛ/		 tracasserait
/tʁa.ka.sʁɛ/		 tracasserions
/tʁa.ka.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 tracasseriez
/tʁa.ka.sə.ʁje/		 tracasseraient
/tʁa.ka.sʁɛ/
(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 tracasse
/tʁa.kas/		 tracasses
/tʁa.kas/		 tracasse
/tʁa.kas/		 tracassions
/tʁa.ka.sjɔ̃/		 tracassiez
/tʁa.ka.sje/		 tracassent
/tʁa.kas/
imperfect2 tracassasse
/tʁa.ka.sas/		 tracassasses
/tʁa.ka.sas/		 tracassât
/tʁa.ka.sa/		 tracassassions
/tʁa.ka.sa.sjɔ̃/		 tracassassiez
/tʁa.ka.sa.sje/		 tracassassent
/tʁa.ka.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tracasse
/tʁa.kas/		 — tracassons
/tʁa.ka.sɔ̃/		 tracassez
/tʁa.ka.se/		 —
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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