Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Introduction to the verb délicoter
The English translation of the French verb délicoter is “to unravel” or “to untangle”. The infinitive form délicoter is pronounced as “day-lee-koh-tay”.
Délicoter originates from the combination of the prefix dé- (indicating negation or reversal) and the verb licoter (meaning “to tie” or “to knot”). In everyday French, délicoter is commonly used to describe the action of undoing or untangling something that has been previously tied or knotted.
Examples:
- Je dois délicoter les fils électriques. (I need to untangle the electrical wires.)
- Elle a réussi à délicoter le nœud de sa chaussure. (She managed to unravel the knot in her shoe.)
- Nous avons passé des heures à délicoter les écheveaux de laine. (We spent hours unraveling the skeins of wool.)
Délicoter – 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 délicoter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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Je | délicote | Je délicote mes actions en bourse. | I sell off my stocks. |
Tu | délicotes | Tu délicotes ta stratégie. | You unravel your strategy. |
Il/Elle | délicote | Il délicote ses investissements. | He unravels his investments. |
Nous | délicotons | Nous délicotons nos contrats. | We untangle our contracts. |
Vous | délicotez | Vous délicotez vos dettes. | You untangle your debts. |
Ils/Elles | délicotent | Ils délicotent leurs positions. | They unravel their positions. |
Other Conjugations for Délicoter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter (You’re reading it right now!)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Conditionnel Passé II (Conditional Past II) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
L’impératif Passé (Imperative Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
L’infinitif Passé (Infinitive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Le Participe Présent (Present Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Le Participe Passé (Past Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
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