saborder

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.

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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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• sabordage

See also

• saboter

Further reading

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