engueuler

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ gueule +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ɡœ.le/

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Verb

engueuler

1. (transitive, informal) to give (someone) a roasting, to tell someone off, to chew out, to give shit
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, informal) to argue, to have a row

Conjugation

Conjugation of engueuler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	engueuler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	engueulant /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		engueulé /ɑ̃.ɡœ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	engueule /ɑ̃.ɡœl/	engueules /ɑ̃.ɡœl/	engueule /ɑ̃.ɡœl/	engueulons /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɔ̃/	engueulez /ɑ̃.ɡœ.le/	engueulent /ɑ̃.ɡœl/
	imperfect	engueulais /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɛ/	engueulais /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɛ/	engueulait /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɛ/	engueulions /ɑ̃.ɡœ.ljɔ̃/	engueuliez /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lje/	engueulaient /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɛ/
	past historic2	engueulai /ɑ̃.ɡœ.le/	engueulas /ɑ̃.ɡœ.la/	engueula /ɑ̃.ɡœ.la/	engueulâmes /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lam/	engueulâtes /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lat/	engueulèrent /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɛʁ/
	future	engueulerai /ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁe/	engueuleras /ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁa/	engueulera /ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁa/	engueulerons /ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁɔ̃/	engueulerez /ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁe/	engueuleront /ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	engueulerais /ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁɛ/	engueulerais /ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁɛ/	engueulerait /ɑ̃.ɡœl.ʁɛ/	engueulerions /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	engueuleriez /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lə.ʁje/	engueuleraient /ɑ̃.ɡœl.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	engueule /ɑ̃.ɡœl/	engueules /ɑ̃.ɡœl/	engueule /ɑ̃.ɡœl/	engueulions /ɑ̃.ɡœ.ljɔ̃/	engueuliez /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lje/	engueulent /ɑ̃.ɡœl/
	imperfect2	engueulasse /ɑ̃.ɡœ.las/	engueulasses /ɑ̃.ɡœ.las/	engueulât /ɑ̃.ɡœ.la/	engueulassions /ɑ̃.ɡœ.la.sjɔ̃/	engueulassiez /ɑ̃.ɡœ.la.sje/	engueulassent /ɑ̃.ɡœ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	engueule /ɑ̃.ɡœl/	—	engueulons /ɑ̃.ɡœ.lɔ̃/	engueulez /ɑ̃.ɡœ.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• engueulade
• engueulement
• engueuler comme du poisson pourri
• engueuleur

 

Further reading

• “engueuler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.