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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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).

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