The French for distress is the verb désoler

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French for distress is the regular ER verb désoler, presented in the most user-friendly layout with an in-depth look at all the conjugations.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb désoler - French for distress

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of désoler, which is French for distress.

• I distress.
• you distressed.
• he will distress.
• we would distress.
• they may distress.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for désoler, lets you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do these repeatedly and regularly, several times in a week while learning a verb.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE désoler
Simple Tenses désoler
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent distress	désole	désoles	désole	désolons	désolez	désolent
Past Imperfect Imparfait distressed	désolais	désolais	désolait	désolions	désoliez	désolaient
Simple Past Passé Simple distressed	désolai	désolas	désola	désolâmes	désolâtes	désolèrent
Future Futur will distress	désolerai	désoleras	désolera	désolerons	désolerez	désoleront
Conditional Conditionnel would distress	désolerais	désolerais	désolerait	désolerions	désoleriez	désoleraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may distress	désole	désoles	désole	désolions	désoliez	désolent
Compound Tenses désoler
Present Perfect Passé Composé have distressed	ai désolé	as désolé	a désolé	avons désolé	avez désolé	ont désolé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had distressed	avais désolé	avais désolé	avait désolé	avions désolé	aviez désolé	avaient désolé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai désolé	auras désolé	aura désolé	aurons désolé	aurez désolé	auront désolé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have distressed	aurais désolé	aurais désolé	aurait désolé	aurions désolé	auriez désolé	auraient désolé
Imperative Imperatif distress!		désole		désolons	désolez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of désoler the French for distress
présent de l’indicatif

je désole
- I distress
tu désoles
- you distress - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on désole
- he, she, it, one distresses
nous désolons
- we distress
vous désolez
- you distress (formal or plural)
ils, elles désolent
- they distress

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of désoler, the French for distress
imparfait de l’indicatif

je désolais
- I distressed
- I was distressing
tu désolais
- you distressed- (familiar or informal)
- you were distressing
il, elle, on désolait
- he, she, it, one distressed
- he, she, it, one was distressing
nous désolions
- we distressed
- we were distressing
vous désoliez
- you distressed- (formal or plural)
- you were distressing
ils, elles désolaient
- they distressed
- they were distressing

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of désoler, the French for distress
passé simple

je désolai
- I distressed
tu désolas
- you distressed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on désola
- he, she, it, one distressed
nous désolâmes
- we distressed
vous désolâtes
- you distressed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles désolèrent
they distressed
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of désoler, the French for distress
futur

je désolerai
- I will distress
tu désoleras
- you will distress (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on désolera
- he, she, it, one will distress
nous désolerons
- we will distress
vous désolerez
- you will distress (formal or plural)
ils, elles désoleront
- they will distress

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Conditional Tense conjugations of désoler, the French for distress
conditionnel

je désolerais
- I would distress
tu désolerais
- you would distress (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on désolerait
- he, she, it, one would distress
nous désolerions
- we would distress
vous désoleriez
- you would distress (formal or plural)
ils, elles désoleraient
- they would distress

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of désoler, the French for distress
présent de subjonctif

que je désole
- that I may distress
que tu désoles
- that you may distress(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on désole
- that he, she, it, one may distress
que nous désolions
- that we may distress
que vous désoliez
- that you may distress(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles désolent
- that they may distress

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb désoler - the verb ‘to distress’ in French

Past Participle of désoler is:
désolé -distressed.

Seeing that the past participle is taken and merged with the various conjugations of the verb - to have - avoir, to create the four French compound tenses, its importance is highlighted. Once you have mastered avoir, you have mastered the key to constructing compound verbs in French.

• I have distressed
• you had distressed
• he will have distressed
• we would have distressed

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of désoler - French for distress
passé composé

Here’s the French for distress conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai désolé
- I have distressed or I did distress or
- I distressed
tu as désolé
- you have distressed or you did distress - (familiar or informal) or
- you distressed
il, elle, on a désolé
- he, she, it, one has distress or did distress
- he, she, it distressed
nous avons désolé
- we have distressed or we did distress
- we distressed
vous avez désolé
- you have distressed or you did distress (formal or plural) or
- or we distressed
ils, elles ont désolé
- they have distressed or they did distress
- they distressed

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of désoler - distress in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -distress conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais désolé
- I had distressed
tu avais désolé
- you had distressed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait désolé
- he, she, it, one had distressed
nous avions désolé
- we had distressed
vous aviez désolé
- you had distressed (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient désolé
- they had distressed

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of désoler, the French for distress
futur antérieur

j’aurai désolé
- I will have
tu auras désolé
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura désolé
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons désolé
- we will have
vous aurez désolé
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront désolé
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of désoler, the French for distress
conditionnel passé

j’aurais désolé
- I would have distressed
tu aurais désolé
- you would have distressed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait désolé
- he, she, it, one would have distressed
nous aurions désolé
- we would have distressed
vous auriez désolé
- you would have distressed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient désolé
- they would have distressed

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Imperative Tense conjugations of désoler, the French for distress
impératif

désole
- distress!
désolons
- let’s distress!
désolez
- distress!

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Present Participle of désoler

désolant - distressing

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