The French for prevent is the verb empêcher

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French for prevent is the regular ER verb empêcher, in the most practical verb table yet devised.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb empêcher - French for prevent

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of empêcher, which is French for prevent.

• I prevent.
• you prevented.
• he will prevent.
• we would prevent.
• they may prevent.

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

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE empêcher
Simple Tenses empêcher
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent prevent	empêche	empêches	empêche	empêchons	empêchez	empêchent
Past Imperfect Imparfait prevented	empêchais	empêchais	empêchait	empêchions	empêchiez	empêchaient
Simple Past Passé Simple prevented	empêchai	empêchas	empêcha	empêchâmes	empêchâtes	empêchèrent
Future Futur will prevent	empêcherai	empêcheras	empêchera	empêcherons	empêcherez	empêcheront
Conditional Conditionnel would prevent	empêcherais	empêcherais	empêcherait	empêcherions	empêcheriez	empêcheraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may prevent	empêche	empêches	empêche	empêchions	empêchiez	empêchent
Compound Tenses empêcher
Present Perfect Passé Composé have prevented	ai empêché	as empêché	a empêché	avons empêché	avez empêché	ont empêché
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had prevented	avais empêché	avais empêché	avait empêché	avions empêché	aviez empêché	avaient empêché
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai empêché	auras empêché	aura empêché	aurons empêché	aurez empêché	auront empêché
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have prevented	aurais empêché	aurais empêché	aurait empêché	aurions empêché	auriez empêché	auraient empêché
Imperative Imperatif prevent!		empêche		empêchons	empêchez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of empêcher the French for prevent
présent de l’indicatif

j’empêche
- I prevent
tu empêches
- you prevent - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on empêche
- he, she, it, one prevents
nous empêchons
- we prevent
vous empêchez
- you prevent (formal or plural)
ils, elles empêchent
- they prevent

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of empêcher, the French for prevent
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’empêchais
- I prevented
- I was preventing
tu empêchais
- you prevented- (familiar or informal)
- you were preventing
il, elle, on empêchait
- he, she, it, one prevented
- he, she, it, one was preventing
nous empêchions
- we prevented
- we were preventing
vous empêchiez
- you prevented- (formal or plural)
- you were preventing
ils, elles empêchaient
- they prevented
- they were preventing

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of empêcher, the French for prevent
passé simple

j’empêchai
- I prevented
tu empêchas
- you prevented- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on empêcha
- he, she, it, one prevented
nous empêchâmes
- we prevented
vous empêchâtes
- you prevented- (formal or plural)
ils, elles empêchèrent
they prevented
(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 empêcher, the French for prevent
futur

j’empêcherai
- I will prevent
tu empêcheras
- you will prevent (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on empêchera
- he, she, it, one will prevent
nous empêcherons
- we will prevent
vous empêcherez
- you will prevent (formal or plural)
ils, elles empêcheront
- they will prevent

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Conditional Tense conjugations of empêcher, the French for prevent
conditionnel

j’empêcherais
- I would prevent
tu empêcherais
- you would prevent (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on empêcherait
- he, she, it, one would prevent
nous empêcherions
- we would prevent
vous empêcheriez
- you would prevent (formal or plural)
ils, elles empêcheraient
- they would prevent

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of empêcher, the French for prevent
présent de subjonctif

que j’empêche
- that I may prevent
que tu empêches
- that you may prevent(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on empêche
- that he, she, it, one may prevent
que nous empêchions
- that we may prevent
que vous empêchiez
- that you may prevent(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles empêchent
- that they may prevent

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb empêcher - the verb ‘to prevent’ in French

Past Participle of empêcher is:
empêché -prevented.

The past participle is very important as it forms the various compound tenses, four of which are used in modern French conversation and writing. Check out the tenses in the tables below.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of empêcher - French for prevent
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of empêcher, the French for prevent
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of empêcher, the French for prevent
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of empêcher, the French for prevent
impératif

empêche
- prevent!
empêchons
- let’s prevent!
empêchez
- prevent!

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Present Participle of empêcher

empêchant - preventing

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