The French for hate is the verb détester

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French for hate is the regular ER verb détester, laid out here in the most practically formatted verb table.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb détester - French for hate

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of détester, which is French for hate.

• I hate.
• you hated.
• he will hate.
• we would hate.
• they may hate.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for détester, give you the tools to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do both many times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE détester
Simple Tenses détester
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent hate	déteste	détestes	déteste	détestons	détestez	détestent
Past Imperfect Imparfait hated	détestais	détestais	détestait	détestions	détestiez	détestaient
Simple Past Passé Simple hated	détestai	détestas	détesta	détestâmes	détestâtes	détestèrent
Future Futur will hate	détesterai	détesteras	détestera	détesterons	détesterez	détesteront
Conditional Conditionnel would hate	détesterais	détesterais	détesterait	détesterions	détesteriez	détesteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may hate	déteste	détestes	déteste	détestions	détestiez	détestent
Compound Tenses détester
Present Perfect Passé Composé have hated	ai détesté	as détesté	a détesté	avons détesté	avez détesté	ont détesté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had hated	avais détesté	avais détesté	avait détesté	avions détesté	aviez détesté	avaient détesté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai détesté	auras détesté	aura détesté	aurons détesté	aurez détesté	auront détesté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have hated	aurais détesté	aurais détesté	aurait détesté	aurions détesté	auriez détesté	auraient détesté
Imperative Imperatif hate!		déteste		détestons	détestez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of détester the French for hate
présent de l’indicatif

je déteste
- I hate
tu détestes
- you hate - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on déteste
- he, she, it, one hates
nous détestons
- we hate
vous détestez
- you hate (formal or plural)
ils, elles détestent
- they hate

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of détester, the French for hate
imparfait de l’indicatif

je détestais
- I hated
- I was hating
tu détestais
- you hated- (familiar or informal)
- you were hating
il, elle, on détestait
- he, she, it, one hated
- he, she, it, one was hating
nous détestions
- we hated
- we were hating
vous détestiez
- you hated- (formal or plural)
- you were hating
ils, elles détestaient
- they hated
- they were hating

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of détester, the French for hate
passé simple

je détestai
- I hated
tu détestas
- you hated- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on détesta
- he, she, it, one hated
nous détestâmes
- we hated
vous détestâtes
- you hated- (formal or plural)
ils, elles détestèrent
they hated
(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 détester, the French for hate
futur

je détesterai
- I will hate
tu détesteras
- you will hate (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on détestera
- he, she, it, one will hate
nous détesterons
- we will hate
vous détesterez
- you will hate (formal or plural)
ils, elles détesteront
- they will hate

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Conditional Tense conjugations of détester, the French for hate
conditionnel

je détesterais
- I would hate
tu détesterais
- you would hate (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on détesterait
- he, she, it, one would hate
nous détesterions
- we would hate
vous détesteriez
- you would hate (formal or plural)
ils, elles détesteraient
- they would hate

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of détester, the French for hate
présent de subjonctif

que je déteste
- that I may hate
que tu détestes
- that you may hate(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on déteste
- that he, she, it, one may hate
que nous détestions
- that we may hate
que vous détestiez
- that you may hate(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles détestent
- that they may hate

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb détester - the verb ‘to hate’ in French

Past Participle of détester is:
détesté -hated.

It's vital that you learn the past participle and the conjugations of avoir because these combinations form the 4 compound tenses which are listed below.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of détester - French for hate
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of détester, the French for hate
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of détester, the French for hate
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of détester, the French for hate
impératif

déteste
- hate!
détestons
- let’s hate!
détestez
- hate!

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Present Participle of détester

détestant - hating

Menu of Conjugated French verbs like détester the French for hate

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