désinfecter — French conjugation

to disinfect, to sanitise

Frequency#1047Regular

Indicative

Present (Présent) Regular

Use the présent for habits, what is true now, and what is about to happen soon. A single set of endings covers what English often splits into “I speak” and “I am speaking”.

Elle parle arabe et français.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jedésinfecteI disinfect
tudésinfectesyou disinfect
il/elledésinfectehe/she/it disinfects
nousdésinfectonswe disinfect
vousdésinfectezyou (pl.) disinfect
ils/ellesdésinfectentthey disinfect

Simple past (Passé simple) Regular

The passé simple narrates completed past events in a literary or very formal style. In everyday conversation people use the passé composé instead, so you mostly meet this form in books and journalism.

Ils virent le roi s'approcher.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jedésinfectaiI disinfected
tudésinfectasyou disinfected
il/elledésinfectahe/she/it disinfected
nousdésinfectâmeswe disinfected
vousdésinfectâtesyou (pl.) disinfected
ils/ellesdésinfectèrentthey disinfected

Imperfect (Imparfait) Regular

The imparfait describes ongoing or repeated past actions and sets the background — how things were, what used to happen, weather, feelings. The passé composé, by contrast, marks single completed events.

Quand j'étais petit, j'allais souvent à la piscine.

PronounFrench
jedésinfectais
tudésinfectais
il/elledésinfectait
nousdésinfections
vousdésinfectiez
ils/ellesdésinfectaient

Conditional (Conditionnel) Regular

The conditionnel is for polite questions and requests, “would”-type hypotheticals, and what someone said would happen. It is also the usual consequent clause in si + imparfait → conditionnel patterns.

Pourriez-vous répéter, s'il vous plaît ?

PronounFrenchEnglish
jedésinfecteraisI would disinfect
tudésinfecteraisyou would disinfect
il/elledésinfecteraithe/she/it would disinfect
nousdésinfecterionswe would disinfect
vousdésinfecteriezyou (pl.) would disinfect
ils/ellesdésinfecteraientthey would disinfect

Future (Futur) Regular

The futur is for future plans and objective predictions. In speech, aller + infinitive is often clearer for the immediate future, while the simple future is common for facts further ahead or in writing.

Demain, nous dînerons chez eux.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jedésinfecteraiI will disinfect
tudésinfecterasyou will disinfect
il/elledésinfecterahe/she/it will disinfect
nousdésinfecteronswe will disinfect
vousdésinfecterezyou (pl.) will disinfect
ils/ellesdésinfecterontthey will disinfect

Present perfect (Passé composé) Regular

The passé composé is the main spoken past for completed, bounded actions (often with a time adverb). Use avoir with most verbs; être is required for a fixed group of motion/inchange and all pronominal verbs, with participle agreement when necessary.

Elle est venue tôt, puis elle a téléphoné.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'ai désinfectéI have disinfected
tutu as désinfectéyou have disinfected
il/elleil/elle a désinfectéhe/she/it has disinfected
nousnous avons désinfectéwe have disinfected
vousvous avez désinfectéyou (pl.) have disinfected
ils/ellesils/elles ont désinfectéthey have disinfected

Pluperfect (Plus-que-parfait) Regular

The plus-que-parfait is the “earlier past”: one action was already over before another past moment. It answers “had already” when a story is anchored in a past time.

Déjà, il avait fini quand je suis arrivé.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'avais désinfectéI had disinfected
tutu avais désinfectéyou had disinfected
il/elleil/elle avait désinfectéhe/she/it had disinfected
nousnous avions désinfectéwe had disinfected
vousvous aviez désinfectéyou (pl.) had disinfected
ils/ellesils/elles avaient désinfectéthey had disinfected

Conditional perfect (Conditionnel passé) Regular

The conditionnel passé states what would have been true, plans that failed, and unreal past if-clauses (often with si + plus-que-parfait in the apodose).

J'aurais dit oui, mais c'était impossible.

PronounFrench
jej'aurais désinfecté
tutu aurais désinfecté
il/elleil/elle aurait désinfecté
nousnous aurions désinfecté
vousvous auriez désinfecté
ils/ellesils/elles auraient désinfecté

Future perfect (Futur antérieur) Regular

The futur antérieur marks an action that will be finished before a later future moment (by then I will have…). It can also suggest a conjecture about a recent past fact in formal or literary use.

D'ici samedi, j'aurai lu le rapport.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'aurai désinfectéI will have disinfected
tutu auras désinfectéyou will have disinfected
il/elleil/elle aura désinfectéhe/she/it will have disinfected
nousnous aurons désinfectéwe will have disinfected
vousvous aurez désinfectéyou (pl.) will have disinfected
ils/ellesils/elles auront désinfectéthey will have disinfected

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Regular

The present subjunctive appears in subordinate clauses after desire, doubt, fear, need, and many impersonals, usually when the subject of the subordinate is different. Learn common triggers: il faut que, je veux que, je doute que…

Il faut qu'il parte avant midi.

PronounFrench
jedésinfecte
tudésinfectes
il/elledésinfecte
nousdésinfections
vousdésinfectiez
ils/ellesdésinfectent

Imperfect subjunctive (Subjonctif imparfait) Regular

The imparfait du subjonctif is a literary and formal past subjunctive. In modern speech, the present subjunctive usually replaces it for the same meaning.

Bien qu'il fût fatigué, il continua.

PronounFrench
jedésinfectasse
tudésinfectasses
il/elledésinfectât
nousdésinfectassions
vousdésinfectassiez
ils/ellesdésinfectassent

Other forms

Imperative (Impératif) Regular

The imperative is for direct orders and advice to tu, nous, and vous. For many -er verbs, the tu form drops the final -s of the present (parle!); negatives use the subjunctive-like forms in practice.

Fermons la porte, s'il vous plaît !

PronounFrench
tudésinfecte
nousdésinfectons
vousdésinfectez