saborder

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French

Etymology

From sabord +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.bɔʁ.de/
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Verb

saborder

  1. (nautical, transitive) to scuttle (a ship)
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to pull the plug on
    • 2023 May, Luis Alberto Reygada, “Le rêve progressiste, et libre-échangiste, de la gauche latina”, in Le Monde diplomatique, page 9:
      Actuellement au pouvoir, son fils, le président Luis Lacalle Pou (élu en novembre 2018), paraît quant à lui, s’être donné pour mission de saborder le traité de 1991.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of saborder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple saborder
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple sabordant
/sa.bɔʁ.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle sabordé
/sa.bɔʁ.de/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present saborde
/sa.bɔʁd/ 		sabordes
/sa.bɔʁd/ 		saborde
/sa.bɔʁd/ 		sabordons
/sa.bɔʁ.dɔ̃/ 		sabordez
/sa.bɔʁ.de/ 		sabordent
/sa.bɔʁd/
imperfect sabordais
/sa.bɔʁ.dɛ/ 		sabordais
/sa.bɔʁ.dɛ/ 		sabordait
/sa.bɔʁ.dɛ/ 		sabordions
/sa.bɔʁ.djɔ̃/ 		sabordiez
/sa.bɔʁ.dje/ 		sabordaient
/sa.bɔʁ.dɛ/
past historic2 sabordai
/sa.bɔʁ.de/ 		sabordas
/sa.bɔʁ.da/ 		saborda
/sa.bɔʁ.da/ 		sabordâmes
/sa.bɔʁ.dam/ 		sabordâtes
/sa.bɔʁ.dat/ 		sabordèrent
/sa.bɔʁ.dɛʁ/
future saborderai
/sa.bɔʁ.də.ʁe/ 		saborderas
/sa.bɔʁ.də.ʁa/ 		sabordera
/sa.bɔʁ.də.ʁa/ 		saborderons
/sa.bɔʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ 		saborderez
/sa.bɔʁ.də.ʁe/ 		saborderont
/sa.bɔʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/
conditional saborderais
/sa.bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/ 		saborderais
/sa.bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/ 		saborderait
/sa.bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/ 		saborderions
/sa.bɔʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/ 		saborderiez
/sa.bɔʁ.də.ʁje/ 		saborderaient
/sa.bɔʁ.də.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 saborde
/sa.bɔʁd/ 		sabordes
/sa.bɔʁd/ 		saborde
/sa.bɔʁd/ 		sabordions
/sa.bɔʁ.djɔ̃/ 		sabordiez
/sa.bɔʁ.dje/ 		sabordent
/sa.bɔʁd/
imperfect2 sabordasse
/sa.bɔʁ.das/ 		sabordasses
/sa.bɔʁ.das/ 		sabordât
/sa.bɔʁ.da/ 		sabordassions
/sa.bɔʁ.da.sjɔ̃/ 		sabordassiez
/sa.bɔʁ.da.sje/ 		sabordassent
/sa.bɔʁ.das/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — saborde
/sa.bɔʁd/ 		— sabordons
/sa.bɔʁ.dɔ̃/ 		sabordez
/sa.bɔʁ.de/ 		—
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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