The French for brake is the verb freiner

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

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So, if you want to know how to say brake in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb freiner - French for brake

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of freiner, which is French for brake.

• I brake.
• you braked.
• he will brake.
• we would brake.
• they may brake.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for freiner, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat the process again and again for best results.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE freiner
Simple Tenses freiner
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent brake	freine	freines	freine	freinons	freinez	freinent
Past Imperfect Imparfait braked	freinais	freinais	freinait	freinions	freiniez	freinaient
Simple Past Passé Simple braked	freinai	freinas	freina	freinâmes	freinâtes	freinèrent
Future Futur will brake	freinerai	freineras	freinera	freinerons	freinerez	freineront
Conditional Conditionnel would brake	freinerais	freinerais	freinerait	freinerions	freineriez	freineraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may brake	freine	freines	freine	freinions	freiniez	freinent
Compound Tenses freiner
Present Perfect Passé Composé have braked	ai freiné	as freiné	a freiné	avons freiné	avez freiné	ont freiné
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had braked	avais freiné	avais freiné	avait freiné	avions freiné	aviez freiné	avaient freiné
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai freiné	auras freiné	aura freiné	aurons freiné	aurez freiné	auront freiné
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have braked	aurais freiné	aurais freiné	aurait freiné	aurions freiné	auriez freiné	auraient freiné
Imperative Imperatif brake!		freine		freinons	freinez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of freiner the French for brake
présent de l’indicatif

je freine
- I brake
tu freines
- you brake - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on freine
- he, she, it, one brakes
nous freinons
- we brake
vous freinez
- you brake (formal or plural)
ils, elles freinent
- they brake

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of freiner, the French for brake
imparfait de l’indicatif

je freinais
- I braked
- I was braking
tu freinais
- you braked- (familiar or informal)
- you were braking
il, elle, on freinait
- he, she, it, one braked
- he, she, it, one was braking
nous freinions
- we braked
- we were braking
vous freiniez
- you braked- (formal or plural)
- you were braking
ils, elles freinaient
- they braked
- they were braking

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of freiner, the French for brake
passé simple

je freinai
- I braked
tu freinas
- you braked- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on freina
- he, she, it, one braked
nous freinâmes
- we braked
vous freinâtes
- you braked- (formal or plural)
ils, elles freinèrent
they braked
(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 freiner, the French for brake
futur

je freinerai
- I will brake
tu freineras
- you will brake (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on freinera
- he, she, it, one will brake
nous freinerons
- we will brake
vous freinerez
- you will brake (formal or plural)
ils, elles freineront
- they will brake

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Conditional Tense conjugations of freiner, the French for brake
conditionnel

je freinerais
- I would brake
tu freinerais
- you would brake (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on freinerait
- he, she, it, one would brake
nous freinerions
- we would brake
vous freineriez
- you would brake (formal or plural)
ils, elles freineraient
- they would brake

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of freiner, the French for brake
présent de subjonctif

que je freine
- that I may brake
que tu freines
- that you may brake(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on freine
- that he, she, it, one may brake
que nous freinions
- that we may brake
que vous freiniez
- that you may brake(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles freinent
- that they may brake

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb freiner - the verb ‘to brake’ in French

Past Participle of freiner is:
freiné -braked.

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 braked
• you had braked
• he will have braked
• we would have braked

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of freiner - French for brake
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of freiner, the French for brake
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of freiner, the French for brake
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of freiner, the French for brake
impératif

freine
- brake!
freinons
- let’s brake!
freinez
- brake!

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Present Participle of freiner

freinant - braking

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