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/fɑ.ʃe/

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Translation

to anger, to upset (se fâcher, to get angry)

Word origin

From Old French fascher, from a Vulgar Latin form built on Latin fastidium ('loathing, disgust'). English 'fastidious' comes from the same Latin noun.

Origin
Latin
Root
fastidium
English cognates
fastidious

Grammar

Verb type-er regular (1st group), most often reflexive as se fâcher
ReflexiveYes

Conjugation

Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person PresentImperfectPast historicFutureConditional
jefâchefâchaisfâchaifâcheraifâcherais
tufâchesfâchaisfâchasfâcherasfâcherais
il/ellefâchefâchaitfâchafâcherafâcherait
nousfâchonsfâchionsfâchâmesfâcheronsfâcherions
vousfâchezfâchiezfâchâtesfâcherezfâcheriez
ils/ellesfâchentfâchaientfâchèrentfâcherontfâcheraient

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect
jefâchefâchasse
tufâchesfâchasses
il/ellefâchefâchât
nousfâchionsfâchassions
vousfâchiezfâchassiez
ils/ellesfâchentfâchassent

Imperative

Person Affirmative
tufâche
nousfâchons
vousfâchez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
fâchant
Past participle
fâché · fâchée · fâchés · fâchées

Examples

, c' .

Do not get angry, it was a joke.

Cette .

That remark upset everybody.

' soeur l' .

She fell out with her sister last year.

.

He gets angry over nothing at all.

.

I would be sorry to disappoint you.

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This word is part of lesson 33.