The French for satisfy is the verb contenter

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French for satisfy is the regular ER verb contenter, covered here in all the tenses used in modern French.

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So, if you want to know how to say satisfy 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 contenter - French for satisfy

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of contenter, which is French for satisfy.

• I satisfy.
• you satisfied.
• he will satisfy.
• we would satisfy.
• they may satisfy.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for contenter, let you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do these two sequences lots of times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE contenter
Simple Tenses contenter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent satisfy	contente	contentes	contente	contentons	contentez	contentent
Past Imperfect Imparfait satisfied	contentais	contentais	contentait	contentions	contentiez	contentaient
Simple Past Passé Simple satisfied	contentai	contentas	contenta	contentâmes	contentâtes	contentèrent
Future Futur will satisfy	contenterai	contenteras	contentera	contenterons	contenterez	contenteront
Conditional Conditionnel would satisfy	contenterais	contenterais	contenterait	contenterions	contenteriez	contenteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may satisfy	contente	contentes	contente	contentions	contentiez	contentent
Compound Tenses contenter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have satisfied	ai contenté	as contenté	a contenté	avons contenté	avez contenté	ont contenté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had satisfied	avais contenté	avais contenté	avait contenté	avions contenté	aviez contenté	avaient contenté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai contenté	auras contenté	aura contenté	aurons contenté	aurez contenté	auront contenté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have satisfied	aurais contenté	aurais contenté	aurait contenté	aurions contenté	auriez contenté	auraient contenté
Imperative Imperatif satisfy!		contente		contentons	contentez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of contenter the French for satisfy
présent de l’indicatif

je contente
- I satisfy
tu contentes
- you satisfy - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on contente
- he, she, it, one satisfies
nous contentons
- we satisfy
vous contentez
- you satisfy (formal or plural)
ils, elles contentent
- they satisfy

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of contenter, the French for satisfy
imparfait de l’indicatif

je contentais
- I satisfied
- I was satisfying
tu contentais
- you satisfied- (familiar or informal)
- you were satisfying
il, elle, on contentait
- he, she, it, one satisfied
- he, she, it, one was satisfying
nous contentions
- we satisfied
- we were satisfying
vous contentiez
- you satisfied- (formal or plural)
- you were satisfying
ils, elles contentaient
- they satisfied
- they were satisfying

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of contenter, the French for satisfy
passé simple

je contentai
- I satisfied
tu contentas
- you satisfied- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on contenta
- he, she, it, one satisfied
nous contentâmes
- we satisfied
vous contentâtes
- you satisfied- (formal or plural)
ils, elles contentèrent
they satisfied
(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 contenter, the French for satisfy
futur

je contenterai
- I will satisfy
tu contenteras
- you will satisfy (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on contentera
- he, she, it, one will satisfy
nous contenterons
- we will satisfy
vous contenterez
- you will satisfy (formal or plural)
ils, elles contenteront
- they will satisfy

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Conditional Tense conjugations of contenter, the French for satisfy
conditionnel

je contenterais
- I would satisfy
tu contenterais
- you would satisfy (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on contenterait
- he, she, it, one would satisfy
nous contenterions
- we would satisfy
vous contenteriez
- you would satisfy (formal or plural)
ils, elles contenteraient
- they would satisfy

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of contenter, the French for satisfy
présent de subjonctif

que je contente
- that I may satisfy
que tu contentes
- that you may satisfy(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on contente
- that he, she, it, one may satisfy
que nous contentions
- that we may satisfy
que vous contentiez
- that you may satisfy(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles contentent
- that they may satisfy

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb contenter - the verb ‘to satisfy’ in French

Past Participle of contenter is:
contenté -satisfied.

The significance of the past participle is clear when one sees how it is used with the various tenses of the verb avoir (to have), to make up the four commonly used compound tenses. Once you know avoir and its tenses, you will have taken the first main step to unlocking the secret to the French compound verbs.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of contenter - French for satisfy
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of contenter, the French for satisfy
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of contenter, the French for satisfy
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of contenter, the French for satisfy
impératif

contente
- satisfy!
contentons
- let’s satisfy!
contentez
- satisfy!

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Present Participle of contenter

contentant - satisfying

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