refourguer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
refourguer
- (transitive, informal) to palm off, to foist
- Synonym: refiler
- 2006, Virginie Despentes, “King Kong Girl”, in King Kong Théorie [King Kong Theory], Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 127:
- La chaudasserie la plus pathétique, les hommes veulent nous la refourguer comme sympathique et pulsionnelle. Mais c'est rare d'être Bukowski, la plupart du temps, c'est juste des tocards lambda.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of refourguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | refourguer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | refourguant /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | refourgué /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | refourgue /ʁə.fuʁɡ/ |
refourgues /ʁə.fuʁɡ/ |
refourgue /ʁə.fuʁɡ/ |
refourguons /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡɔ̃/ |
refourguez /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡe/ |
refourguent /ʁə.fuʁɡ/ |
| imperfect | refourguais /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡɛ/ |
refourguais /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡɛ/ |
refourguait /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡɛ/ |
refourguions /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡjɔ̃/ |
refourguiez /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡje/ |
refourguaient /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | refourguai /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡe/ |
refourguas /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡa/ |
refourgua /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡa/ |
refourguâmes /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡam/ |
refourguâtes /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡat/ |
refourguèrent /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡɛʁ/ | |
| future | refourguerai /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡə.ʁe/ |
refourgueras /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡə.ʁa/ |
refourguera /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡə.ʁa/ |
refourguerons /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡə.ʁɔ̃/ |
refourguerez /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡə.ʁe/ |
refourgueront /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | refourguerais /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡə.ʁɛ/ |
refourguerais /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡə.ʁɛ/ |
refourguerait /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡə.ʁɛ/ |
refourguerions /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
refourgueriez /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡə.ʁje/ |
refourgueraient /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡə.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 | refourgue /ʁə.fuʁɡ/ |
refourgues /ʁə.fuʁɡ/ |
refourgue /ʁə.fuʁɡ/ |
refourguions /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡjɔ̃/ |
refourguiez /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡje/ |
refourguent /ʁə.fuʁɡ/ |
| imperfect2 | refourguasse /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡas/ |
refourguasses /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡas/ |
refourguât /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡa/ |
refourguassions /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ |
refourguassiez /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡa.sje/ |
refourguassent /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | refourgue /ʁə.fuʁɡ/ |
— | refourguons /ʁə.fuʁ.ɡɔ̃/ |
refourguez /ʁə.fuʁ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||