embourber

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French

Etymology

From en- +‎ bourbe (“mire”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.buʁ.be/
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Verb

embourber

  1. (reflexive) to get stuck in the mud
  2. (reflexive, figuratively) to get bogged down (dans in)
    • 2015 January, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 1, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 11; republished as Frank Wynne, transl., 2018:
      Comme si l’aggravation de sa précarité pouvait avoir une influence bénéfique sur sa capacité à sortir de l’impasse dans laquelle il s’était embourbé…
      As though the worsening of his already parlous situation might have a beneficial influence on his ability to dig his way out of the quagmire he was bogged down in…

Conjugation

Conjugation of s'embourber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple s'embourber
compound s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple s’embourbant
/sɑ̃.buʁ.bɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle embourbé
/ɑ̃.buʁ.be/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present m’embourbe
/mɑ̃.buʁb/ 		t’embourbes
/tɑ̃.buʁb/ 		s’embourbe
/sɑ̃.buʁb/ 		nous embourbons
/nu.z‿ɑ̃.buʁ.bɔ̃/ 		vous embourbez
/vu.z‿ɑ̃.buʁ.be/ 		s’embourbent
/sɑ̃.buʁb/
imperfect m’embourbais
/mɑ̃.buʁ.bɛ/ 		t’embourbais
/tɑ̃.buʁ.bɛ/ 		s’embourbait
/sɑ̃.buʁ.bɛ/ 		nous embourbions
/nu.z‿ɑ̃.buʁ.bjɔ̃/ 		vous embourbiez
/vu.z‿ɑ̃.buʁ.bje/ 		s’embourbaient
/sɑ̃.buʁ.bɛ/
past historic2 m’embourbai
/mɑ̃.buʁ.be/ 		t’embourbas
/tɑ̃.buʁ.ba/ 		s’embourba
/sɑ̃.buʁ.ba/ 		nous embourbâmes
/nu.z‿ɑ̃.buʁ.bam/ 		vous embourbâtes
/vu.z‿ɑ̃.buʁ.bat/ 		s’embourbèrent
/sɑ̃.buʁ.bɛʁ/
future m’embourberai
/mɑ̃.buʁ.bə.ʁe/ 		t’embourberas
/tɑ̃.buʁ.bə.ʁa/ 		s’embourbera
/sɑ̃.buʁ.bə.ʁa/ 		nous embourberons
/nu.z‿ɑ̃.buʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/ 		vous embourberez
/vu.z‿ɑ̃.buʁ.bə.ʁe/ 		s’embourberont
/sɑ̃.buʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional m’embourberais
/mɑ̃.buʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ 		t’embourberais
/tɑ̃.buʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ 		s’embourberait
/sɑ̃.buʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ 		nous embourberions
/nu.z‿ɑ̃.buʁ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		vous embourberiez
/vu.z‿ɑ̃.buʁ.bə.ʁje/ 		s’embourberaient
/sɑ̃.buʁ.bə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of s'être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'être + past participle
future perfect future of s'être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present m’embourbe
/mɑ̃.buʁb/ 		t’embourbes
/tɑ̃.buʁb/ 		s’embourbe
/sɑ̃.buʁb/ 		nous embourbions
/nu.z‿ɑ̃.buʁ.bjɔ̃/ 		vous embourbiez
/vu.z‿ɑ̃.buʁ.bje/ 		s’embourbent
/sɑ̃.buʁb/
imperfect2 m’embourbasse
/mɑ̃.buʁ.bas/ 		t’embourbasses
/tɑ̃.buʁ.bas/ 		s’embourbât
/sɑ̃.buʁ.ba/ 		nous embourbassions
/nu.z‿ɑ̃.buʁ.ba.sjɔ̃/ 		vous embourbassiez
/vu.z‿ɑ̃.buʁ.ba.sje/ 		s’embourbassent
/sɑ̃.buʁ.bas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — embourbe-toi
/ɑ̃.buʁb.twa/ 		— embourbons-nous
/ɑ̃.buʁ.bɔ̃.nu/ 		embourbez-vous
/ɑ̃.buʁ.be.vu/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of s'être + past participle — simple imperative of s'être + past participle simple imperative of s'être + 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).

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