Recent past il/elle conjugation of tartiner.
tartiner
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tartiner
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., acheter).
1. (culinary)
a. to spread
Pour le petit-déjeuner, Lina aime tartiner des biscottes avec du miel.For breakfast, Lina likes to spread crispbread with honey.
J'ai tartiné du pâté sur un morceau de baguette et j'ai mis des cornichons.I spread pâté on a piece of baguette and added some pickles.
2. (colloquial) (to apply generously on the skin of)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. to slather
J'ai tartiné les enfants de crème solaire pour éviter qu'ils n'attrapent un coup de soleil.I slathered the kids with sunscreen to keep them from getting sunburned.
3. (colloquial) (figurative) (to write a lot)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning (e.g., to pull someone's leg).
a. to fill
Julia a tartiné des pages et des pages dans son carnet aujourd'hui.Julia filled pages and pages of her notebook today.
b. to churn out
Ce journaliste a tartiné des dizaines d'articles sur son blog ces dernières semaines.This journalist has churned out dozens of articles on his blog over the past few weeks.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., éternuer.).
4. (colloquial) (figurative) (to expand on in an excessively long way)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning (e.g., to pull someone's leg).
a. to go on and on
Ma sœur aime tartiner sur ses projets artistiques quand on se voit.My sister likes to go on and on about her art projects when we meet.
b. to ramble on
Thibaut a tendance à tartiner sur n'importe quel sujet. - Oui, et parfois pendant des heures !Thibaut tends to ramble on about just about anything. - Yeah, and sometimes for hours!
Conjugations
Indicative of "tartiner"
Present | Imperfect | Past Historic | ||
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| je | ||||
| tu | ||||
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| nous | ||||
| vous | ||||
| ils/elles |
Collins French Verb Conjugation Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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