emmerder

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ merde +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.mɛʁ.de/
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Verb

emmerder

  1. (transitive, vulgar) To bug, bother, irritate, "the shit out of" someone.
    Il m'emmerde avec ses gamineries ! — He's a pain with his childish nonsense !
  2. (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun, vulgar) To bother with
    Ils ne se sont pas emmerdés avec ça — They didn't bother themselves with that
    Je me suis emmerdé à réparer cette saleté — I toiled fixing this piece of junk
    Synonym: se faire chier avec/à, se casser le cul à
  3. (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun, vulgar) To be bored
    Ah, ce qu'on s'emmerde ici ! — Man, it's so boring here !
    Synonym: se faire chier
  4. (transitive, vulgar) used to tell someone to bug off
    Je t'emmerde ! – Screw you !
    • South Park
      Je vous emmerde et je rentre à ma maison ! — Screw you guys, I'm going home!

Conjugation
Conjugation of emmerder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle emmerdant
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dɑ̃/
past participle emmerdé
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.de/
infinitive
simple emmerder
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple emmerdant
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present emmerde
/ɑ̃.mɛʁd/		 emmerdes
/ɑ̃.mɛʁd/		 emmerde
/ɑ̃.mɛʁd/		 emmerdons
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dɔ̃/		 emmerdez
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.de/		 emmerdent
/ɑ̃.mɛʁd/
imperfect emmerdais
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dɛ/		 emmerdais
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dɛ/		 emmerdait
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dɛ/		 emmerdions
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.djɔ̃/		 emmerdiez
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dje/		 emmerdaient
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dɛ/
past historic2 emmerdai
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.de/		 emmerdas
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.da/		 emmerda
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.da/		 emmerdâmes
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dam/		 emmerdâtes
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dat/		 emmerdèrent
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dɛʁ/
future emmerderai
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.də.ʁe/		 emmerderas
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.də.ʁa/		 emmerdera
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.də.ʁa/		 emmerderons
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/		 emmerderez
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.də.ʁe/		 emmerderont
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/
conditional emmerderais
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.də.ʁɛ/		 emmerderais
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.də.ʁɛ/		 emmerderait
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.də.ʁɛ/		 emmerderions
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/		 emmerderiez
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.də.ʁje/		 emmerderaient
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.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 emmerde
/ɑ̃.mɛʁd/		 emmerdes
/ɑ̃.mɛʁd/		 emmerde
/ɑ̃.mɛʁd/		 emmerdions
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.djɔ̃/		 emmerdiez
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dje/		 emmerdent
/ɑ̃.mɛʁd/
imperfect2 emmerdasse
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.das/		 emmerdasses
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.das/		 emmerdât
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.da/		 emmerdassions
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.da.sjɔ̃/		 emmerdassiez
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.da.sje/		 emmerdassent
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.das/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — emmerde
/ɑ̃.mɛʁd/		 — emmerdons
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.dɔ̃/		 emmerdez
/ɑ̃.mɛʁ.de/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Synonyms

Coordinate terms
  • (to bother with): se taper, se farcir, se coltiner

Derived terms

Further reading
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