caresser
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verb
- to stroke; to caressto move the hand over the surface of
- to toy with
- to touch up; put the final touches on
Forms
Present
| I | caresse |
|---|---|
| you | caresses |
| he, she, it | caresse |
| we | caressons |
| you (plural) | caressez |
| they | caressent |
Imperfect
| I | caressais |
|---|---|
| you | caressais |
| he, she, it | caressait |
| we | caressions |
| you (plural) | caressiez |
| they | caressaient |
Past historic
| I | caressai |
|---|---|
| you | caressas |
| he, she, it | caressa |
| we | caressâmes |
| you (plural) | caressâtes |
| they | caressèrent |
Future
| I | caresserai |
|---|---|
| you | caresseras |
| he, she, it | caressera |
| we | caresserons |
| you (plural) | caresserez |
| they | caresseront |
Conditional
| I | caresserais |
|---|---|
| you | caresserais |
| he, she, it | caresserait |
| we | caresserions |
| you (plural) | caresseriez |
| they | caresseraient |
Subjunctive
| I | caresse |
|---|---|
| you | caresses |
| he, she, it | caresse |
| we | caressions |
| you (plural) | caressiez |
| they | caressent |
Imperfect subjunctive
| I | caressasse |
|---|---|
| you | caressasses |
| he, she, it | caressât |
| we | caressassions |
| you (plural) | caressassiez |
| they | caressassent |
Imperative
| you | caresse |
|---|---|
| we | caressons |
| you (plural) | caressez |
Other forms
| infinitive | caresser |
|---|---|
| past participle | caressé |
| gerund | caressant |
More forms are in the app.
Used in the library
- Maria baissa les yeux vers le chien qui venait lui mettre sur les genoux sa tête longue aux yeux tristes, et elle le caressa avec des mots d'amitié.Maria lowered her eyes to the dog who came to put her long head on her knees with sad eyes, and she caressed him with words of friendship.B1Maria Chapdelaine
- Tout à l'heure nos jeunes gens vont commencer à te caresser.Earlier our young people will start to caress you.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
- En lisant cette lettre, d’Artagnan sentait son coeur se dilater et s’étreindre de ce doux spasme qui torture et caresse le coeur des amants.In reading this letter, d'Artagnan felt his heart dilating and squeezing with this sweet spasm that tortures and caresses the hearts of lovers.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Le colonel Dongan caresse beaucoup nos déserteurs, dont il tire de grands services, et je suis moi-même obligé de les ménager jusqu'à ce que je sois en état de les châtier.Colonel Dongan caresses our deserters a lot, from which he draws great services, and I myself am obliged to clean them up until I am able to punish them.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I