Daily Verb Lesson: French for freeze (food) is congeler
The French for freeze is the irregular ER verb congeler (used mainly for food).To remember this, imagine you freeze CONGEALED eels!
Congeler can also mean: to deep-freeze.
Related words include:
- geler (v): to freeze (ie water, liquids).
- congelable (adj) : suitable to freeze (ie at home).
- les produits congelé : frozen foods.
- décongeler : to thaw, defrost.
Some ER verbs ending in -eler or -eter do not double the l or t before a mute e but instead add a grave accent to the e before the l or t.
Examples of this family of verb conjugations: acheter, céler, congeler, décongeler, démanteler, geler, peler.
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Imagine you freeze CONGEALED eels!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent freeze |
congèle | congèles | congèle | congelons | congelez | congèlent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait froze |
congelais | congelais | congelait | congelions | congeliez | congelaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple froze |
congelai | congelas | congela | congelâmes | congelâtes | congelèrent |
| Future Futur will freeze |
congèlerai | congèleras | congèlera | congèlerons | congèlerez | congèleront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would freeze |
congèlerais | congèlerais | congèlerait | congèlerions | congèleriez | congèleraient |
| Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may freeze |
congèle | congèles | congèle | congelions | congeliez | congèlent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have frozen |
ai congelé | as congelé | a congelé | avons congelé | avez congelé | ont congelé |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had frozen |
avais congelé | avais congelé | avait congelé | avions congelé | aviez congelé | avaient congelé |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have frozen |
aurai congelé | auras congelé | aura congelé | aurons congelé | aurez congelé | auront congelé |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have frozen |
aurais congelé | aurais congelé | aurait congelé | aurions congelé | auriez congelé | auraient congelé |
| Imperative Imperatif freeze! |
congèle ! | congelons ! | congelez ! | |||
✔ congeler is an irregular ER verb.
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