emballer

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French

Etymology

From en- +‎ balle (“bundle, packet”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ba.le/
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Verb

emballer

  1. (transitive) to pack up; to wrap up; to parcel
  2. (colloquial) to thrill, to turn on
    Cela ne m’emballe pas.
    I'm not keen on it.
  3. (reflexive) to race
  4. (reflexive, for a horse) to bolt
  5. (reflexive, colloquial) to get carried away
  6. (reflexive, colloquial) to get ahead of oneself, to get one's hopes up
  7. (transitive, colloquial) to make out with someone

Conjugation

Conjugation of emballer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple emballer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple emballant
/ɑ̃.ba.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle emballé
/ɑ̃.ba.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present emballe
/ɑ̃.bal/ 		emballes
/ɑ̃.bal/ 		emballe
/ɑ̃.bal/ 		emballons
/ɑ̃.ba.lɔ̃/ 		emballez
/ɑ̃.ba.le/ 		emballent
/ɑ̃.bal/
imperfect emballais
/ɑ̃.ba.lɛ/ 		emballais
/ɑ̃.ba.lɛ/ 		emballait
/ɑ̃.ba.lɛ/ 		emballions
/ɑ̃.ba.ljɔ̃/ 		emballiez
/ɑ̃.ba.lje/ 		emballaient
/ɑ̃.ba.lɛ/
past historic2 emballai
/ɑ̃.ba.le/ 		emballas
/ɑ̃.ba.la/ 		emballa
/ɑ̃.ba.la/ 		emballâmes
/ɑ̃.ba.lam/ 		emballâtes
/ɑ̃.ba.lat/ 		emballèrent
/ɑ̃.ba.lɛʁ/
future emballerai
/ɑ̃.bal.ʁe/ 		emballeras
/ɑ̃.bal.ʁa/ 		emballera
/ɑ̃.bal.ʁa/ 		emballerons
/ɑ̃.bal.ʁɔ̃/ 		emballerez
/ɑ̃.bal.ʁe/ 		emballeront
/ɑ̃.bal.ʁɔ̃/
conditional emballerais
/ɑ̃.bal.ʁɛ/ 		emballerais
/ɑ̃.bal.ʁɛ/ 		emballerait
/ɑ̃.bal.ʁɛ/ 		emballerions
/ɑ̃.ba.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		emballeriez
/ɑ̃.ba.lə.ʁje/ 		emballeraient
/ɑ̃.bal.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 emballe
/ɑ̃.bal/ 		emballes
/ɑ̃.bal/ 		emballe
/ɑ̃.bal/ 		emballions
/ɑ̃.ba.ljɔ̃/ 		emballiez
/ɑ̃.ba.lje/ 		emballent
/ɑ̃.bal/
imperfect2 emballasse
/ɑ̃.ba.las/ 		emballasses
/ɑ̃.ba.las/ 		emballât
/ɑ̃.ba.la/ 		emballassions
/ɑ̃.ba.la.sjɔ̃/ 		emballassiez
/ɑ̃.ba.la.sje/ 		emballassent
/ɑ̃.ba.las/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — emballe
/ɑ̃.bal/ 		— emballons
/ɑ̃.ba.lɔ̃/ 		emballez
/ɑ̃.ba.le/ 		—
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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: embalar
  • → Romanian: ambala

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