insupporter

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French

Etymology

Back-formation from insupportable (“unbearable”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.te/
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Verb

insupporter

  1. (transitive, informal, nonstandard) to get on someone's nerves, to drive someone crazy
    Synonyms: agacer, exaspérer, excéder, taper sur les nerfs, taper sur le système
    Ça m’insupporte. ― it gets on my nerves.

Conjugation

Conjugation of insupporter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple insupporter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple insupportant
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle insupporté
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present insupporte
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁt/ 		insupportes
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁt/ 		insupporte
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁt/ 		insupportons
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/ 		insupportez
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.te/ 		insupportent
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁt/
imperfect insupportais
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tɛ/ 		insupportais
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tɛ/ 		insupportait
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tɛ/ 		insupportions
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/ 		insupportiez
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tje/ 		insupportaient
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tɛ/
past historic2 insupportai
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.te/ 		insupportas
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.ta/ 		insupporta
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.ta/ 		insupportâmes
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tam/ 		insupportâtes
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tat/ 		insupportèrent
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tɛʁ/
future insupporterai
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/ 		insupporteras
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/ 		insupportera
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/ 		insupporterons
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		insupporterez
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/ 		insupporteront
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional insupporterais
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ 		insupporterais
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ 		insupporterait
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ 		insupporterions
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		insupporteriez
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tə.ʁje/ 		insupporteraient
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tə.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 insupporte
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁt/ 		insupportes
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁt/ 		insupporte
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁt/ 		insupportions
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/ 		insupportiez
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tje/ 		insupportent
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁt/
imperfect2 insupportasse
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tas/ 		insupportasses
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tas/ 		insupportât
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.ta/ 		insupportassions
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		insupportassiez
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.ta.sje/ 		insupportassent
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — insupporte
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁt/ 		— insupportons
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/ 		insupportez
/ɛ̃.sy.pɔʁ.te/ 		—
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).

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