Daily Verb Lesson: French for dilute is délayer
The French for dilute is the irregular ER verb délayer.To remember this, imagine we will dilute the amount of whiskey in the bottle with water ... let's DELAY its bottling!
Délayer can also mean:
to thin down, to debase, to add water to; to spin out (story).
With some ER verbs ending in -ayer it is optional to replace the y with an i before a silent syllable. Examples of this family of verb conjugations: bégayer, délayer, effrayer, embrayer, enrayer, payer, pagayer, balayer.
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Imagine we will dilute the amount of whiskey in the bottle with water ... let's DELAY its bottling.
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent dilute |
délaie délaye |
délaies délayes |
délaie délaye |
délayons | délayez | délaient délayent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait diluted |
délayais | délayais | délayait | délayions | délayiez | délayaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple diluted |
délayai | délayas | délaya | délayâmes | délayâtes | délayèrent |
| Future Futur will dilute |
délaierai délayerai |
délaieras délayeras |
délaiera délayera |
délaierons délayerons |
délaierez délayerez |
délaieront délayeront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would dilute |
délaierais délayerais |
délaierais délayerais |
délaierait délayerait |
délaierions délayerions |
délaieriez délayeriez |
délaieraient délayeraient |
| Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may dilute |
délaie délaye |
délaies délayes |
délaie délaye |
délayions | délayiez | délaient délayent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have diluted |
ai délayé | as délayé | a délayé | avons délayé | avez délayé | ont délayé |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had diluted |
avais délayé | avais délayé | avait délayé | avions délayé | aviez délayé | avaient délayé |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have diluted |
aurai délayé | auras délayé | aura délayé | aurons délayé | aurez délayé | auront délayé |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would've diluted |
aurais délayé | aurais délayé | aurait délayé | aurions délayé | auriez délayé | auraient délayé |
| Imperative Imperatif dilute! |
délaie ! délaye ! |
délayons ! | délayez ! | |||
✔ délayer is an irregular ER verb.
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