Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb surglacer
Introduction to the verb surglacer
The English translation of the French verb surglacer is “to glaze over” or “to freeze over.” The infinitive form, surglacer, is pronounced as “sur-gla-say.”
The language origin of surglacer comes from the word “glace,” which means “ice” in French. It is most often used in everyday French to describe the action of freezing or covering something with a layer of ice.
Here are three simple examples of its usage:
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Je vais surglacer les fruits pour en faire une délicieuse salade de fruits. (I am going to glaze over the fruits to make a delicious fruit salad.)
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L’étang était surglacé, je n’ai pas osé marcher dessus. (The pond was frozen over, I didn’t dare walk on it.)
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N’oublie pas de surglacer le gâteau avant de le servir. (Don’t forget to glaze over the cake before serving it.)
Surglacer – 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 surglacer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | surglace | Je surglace le gâteau. | I glaze the cake. |
tu | surglaces | Tu surglaces ta tarte. | You glaze your pie. |
il | surglace | Il surglace le dessert. | He glazes the dessert. |
elle | surglace | Elle surglace les fruits. | She glazes the fruits. |
on | surglace | On surglace les biscuits. | We glaze the cookies. |
nous | surglaçons | Nous surglaçons le pain. | We glaze the bread. |
vous | surglacez | Vous surglacez le fromage. | You glaze the cheese. |
ils | surglacent | Ils surglacent les beignets. | They glaze the donuts. |
elles | surglacent | Elles surglacent les crêpes. | They glaze the pancakes. |
Other Conjugations for Surglacer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb surglacer (this article)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb surglacer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb surglacer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb surglacer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb surglacer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb surglacer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb surglacer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb surglacer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb surglacer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb surglacer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb surglacer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb surglacer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb surglacer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb surglacer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb surglacer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb surglacer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb surglacer
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