Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb prévariquer
Introduction to the verb prévariquer
The English translation of the French verb prévariquer is “to deviate, to pervert, to act in bad faith.” It is pronounced “pray-vah-ree-kay.”
The word prévariquer comes from the Latin word “praevaricari,” meaning to act in collusion or to deviate from duty. In everyday French, it is most often used to describe someone who is acting dishonestly or in bad faith, especially in a professional or legal setting.
Examples of its usage are:
- Il est accusé de prévariquer dans ses fonctions publiques. (He is accused of acting dishonestly in his public duties.)
- Les avocats doivent prêter serment de ne pas prévariquer devant le tribunal. (Lawyers must take an oath not to act in bad faith in front of the court.)
- Le politicien a été reconnu coupable de prévarication et a été condamné à la prison. (The politician was found guilty of perverting justice and was sentenced to prison.)
Note: These examples are literal translations. In some cases, the word prévariquer may also be translated as “to perjure” or “to commit fraud.”
Prévariquer – About the French Present Tense
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Common Everyday Usage Patterns For Le Present
Interactions with Other Tenses
Table of the Present Tense Conjugation of prévariquer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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Je | Je prévarique | Je prévarique souvent dans mes affaires. | I often evade in my affairs. |
Tu | Tu prévariques | Tu prévariques pour éviter de payer tes dettes. | You evade to avoid paying your debts. |
Il | Il prévarique | Il prévarique pour garder le pouvoir. | He evades to keep the power. |
Elle | Elle prévarique | Elle prévarique pour obtenir ce qu’elle veut. | She evades to get what she wants. |
On | On prévarique | On prévarique lorsqu’on a peur des conséquences. | We evade when we are afraid of the consequences. |
Nous | Nous prévariquons | Nous prévariquons pour éviter d’avoir des ennuis. | We evade to avoid getting in trouble. |
Vous | Vous prévariquez | Vous prévariquez pour gagner plus d’argent. | You evade to earn more money. |
Ils | Ils prévariquent | Ils prévariquent pour tromper les gens. | They evade to deceive people. |
Elles | Elles prévariquent | Elles prévariquent pour ne pas faire face à la réalité. | They evade to not face reality. |
Other Conjugations for Prévariquer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb prévariquer (this article)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb prévariquer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb prévariquer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb prévariquer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb prévariquer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb prévariquer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb prévariquer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb prévariquer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb prévariquer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb prévariquer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb prévariquer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb prévariquer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb prévariquer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb prévariquer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb prévariquer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb prévariquer
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