The French for relax is the verb décontracter

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French for relax is the regular ER verb décontracter, viewed thoroughly here in the main French tenses, past, present, future, conditional and subjunctives.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb décontracter - French for relax

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of décontracter, which is French for relax.

• I relax.
• you relaxed.
• he will relax.
• we would relax.
• they may relax.

The Verb Tables of Conjugation now presented below for décontracter, allow you to practice your French verbs both by PRONOUN (vertically) - that is I, you, we, he, she, they etc, AND ALSO by TENSE (horizontally). Learn them both ways. Most verb tables only teach by tense, so that for example, you cannot actually learn the words for I from one tense to the other EXCEPT through learning each table by tense. In other words - a student is usually taught - I go, you go, he goes, we go, they go … BUT NOT I go, I went, I will go, I would go, I may go, I have gone etc, etc. These table allow this.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE décontracter
Simple Tenses décontracter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent relax	décontracte	décontractes	décontracte	décontractons	décontractez	décontractent
Past Imperfect Imparfait relaxed	décontractais	décontractais	décontractait	décontractions	décontractiez	décontractaient
Simple Past Passé Simple relaxed	décontractai	décontractas	décontracta	décontractâmes	décontractâtes	décontractèrent
Future Futur will relax	décontracterai	décontracteras	décontractera	décontracterons	décontracterez	décontracteront
Conditional Conditionnel would relax	décontracterais	décontracterais	décontracterait	décontracterions	décontracteriez	décontracteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may relax	décontracte	décontractes	décontracte	décontractions	décontractiez	décontractent
Compound Tenses décontracter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have relaxed	ai décontracté	as décontracté	a décontracté	avons décontracté	avez décontracté	ont décontracté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had relaxed	avais décontracté	avais décontracté	avait décontracté	avions décontracté	aviez décontracté	avaient décontracté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai décontracté	auras décontracté	aura décontracté	aurons décontracté	aurez décontracté	auront décontracté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have relaxed	aurais décontracté	aurais décontracté	aurait décontracté	aurions décontracté	auriez décontracté	auraient décontracté
Imperative Imperatif relax!		décontracte		décontractons	décontractez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of décontracter the French for relax
présent de l’indicatif

je décontracte
- I relax
tu décontractes
- you relax - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on décontracte
- he, she, it, one relaxes
nous décontractons
- we relax
vous décontractez
- you relax (formal or plural)
ils, elles décontractent
- they relax

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of décontracter, the French for relax
imparfait de l’indicatif

je décontractais
- I relaxed
- I was relaxing
tu décontractais
- you relaxed- (familiar or informal)
- you were relaxing
il, elle, on décontractait
- he, she, it, one relaxed
- he, she, it, one was relaxing
nous décontractions
- we relaxed
- we were relaxing
vous décontractiez
- you relaxed- (formal or plural)
- you were relaxing
ils, elles décontractaient
- they relaxed
- they were relaxing

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of décontracter, the French for relax
passé simple

je décontractai
- I relaxed
tu décontractas
- you relaxed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on décontracta
- he, she, it, one relaxed
nous décontractâmes
- we relaxed
vous décontractâtes
- you relaxed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles décontractèrent
they relaxed
(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 décontracter, the French for relax
futur

je décontracterai
- I will relax
tu décontracteras
- you will relax (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on décontractera
- he, she, it, one will relax
nous décontracterons
- we will relax
vous décontracterez
- you will relax (formal or plural)
ils, elles décontracteront
- they will relax

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Conditional Tense conjugations of décontracter, the French for relax
conditionnel

je décontracterais
- I would relax
tu décontracterais
- you would relax (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on décontracterait
- he, she, it, one would relax
nous décontracterions
- we would relax
vous décontracteriez
- you would relax (formal or plural)
ils, elles décontracteraient
- they would relax

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of décontracter, the French for relax
présent de subjonctif

que je décontracte
- that I may relax
que tu décontractes
- that you may relax(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on décontracte
- that he, she, it, one may relax
que nous décontractions
- that we may relax
que vous décontractiez
- that you may relax(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles décontractent
- that they may relax

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb décontracter - the verb ‘to relax’ in French

Past Participle of décontracter is:
décontracté -relaxed.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of décontracter - French for relax
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of décontracter, the French for relax
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of décontracter, the French for relax
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of décontracter, the French for relax
impératif

décontracte
- relax!
décontractons
- let’s relax!
décontractez
- relax!

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Present Participle of décontracter

décontractant - relaxing

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