The French for spend is the verb dépenser

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    French for spend is the regular ER verb dépenser, shown here in all its tenses and conjugations that are used in contemporary French.

     

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


    The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb dépenser - French for spend

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    Here you’ll learn the conjugations of dépenser, which is French for spend.
    • I spend.
    • you spent.
    • he will spend.
    • we would spend.
    • they may spend.

    The Verb Conjugation Tables below for dépenser, 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 dépenser
    Simple Tenses dépenser
    TENSE
    je/j’
    tu
    il
    nous
    vous
    ils
    Present
    Présent

    spend
    dépense dépenses dépense dépensons dépensez dépensent
    Past Imperfect
    Imparfait
    spent
    dépensais dépensais dépensait dépensions dépensiez dépensaient
    Simple Past
    Passé Simple

    spent
    dépensai dépensas dépensa dépensâmes dépensâtes dépensèrent
    Future
    Futur

    will spend
    dépenserai dépenseras dépensera dépenserons dépenserez dépenseront
    Conditional
    Conditionnel

    would spend
    dépenserais dépenserais dépenserait dépenserions dépenseriez dépenseraient
    Subjunctive
    Subjonctif

    may spend
    dépense dépenses dépense dépensions dépensiez dépensent
    Compound Tenses dépenser
    Present Perfect
    Passé Composé

    have spent
    ai dépensé as dépensé a dépensé avons dépensé avez dépensé ont dépensé
    Past Perfect
    Plus-que-Parfait

    had spent
    avais dépensé avais dépensé avait dépensé avions dépensé aviez dépensé avaient dépensé
    Future Perfect
    Futur Antérieur

    will have
    aurai dépensé auras dépensé aura dépensé aurons dépensé aurez dépensé auront dépensé
    Conditional Perfect
    Conditionnel Passé

    would have spent
    aurais dépensé aurais dépensé aurait dépensé aurions dépensé auriez dépensé auraient dépensé
    Imperative
    Imperatif

    spend!
    dépense dépensons dépensez

    Present Indicative Tense conjugations of dépenser the French for spend
    présent de l’indicatif

    je dépense
    - I spend
    tu dépenses
    - you spend - (familiar or informal)
    il, elle, on dépense
    - he, she, it, one spends
    nous dépensons
    - we spend
    vous dépensez
    - you spend (formal or plural)
    ils, elles dépensent
    - they spend

    Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of dépenser, the French for spend
    imparfait de l’indicatif

    je dépensais
    - I spent
    - I was spending
    tu dépensais
    - you spent- (familiar or informal)
    - you were spending
    il, elle, on dépensait
    - he, she, it, one spent
    - he, she, it, one was spending
    nous dépensions
    - we spent
    - we were spending
    vous dépensiez
    - you spent- (formal or plural)
    - you were spending
    ils, elles dépensaient
    - they spent
    - they were spending

    Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of dépenser, the French for spend
    passé simple

    je dépensai
    - I spent
    tu dépensas
    - you spent- (familiar or informal)
    il, elle, on dépensa
    - he, she, it, one spent
    nous dépensâmes
    - we spent
    vous dépensâtes
    - you spent- (formal or plural)
    ils, elles dépensèrent
    they spent
    (The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

    Future Tense conjugations of dépenser, the French for spend
    futur

    je dépenserai
    - I will spend
    tu dépenseras
    - you will spend (familiar or informal)
    il, elle, on dépensera
    - he, she, it, one will spend
    nous dépenserons
    - we will spend
    vous dépenserez
    - you will spend (formal or plural)
    ils, elles dépenseront
    - they will spend

    Conditional Tense conjugations of dépenser, the French for spend
    conditionnel

    je dépenserais
    - I would spend
    tu dépenserais
    - you would spend (familiar or informal)
    il, elle, on dépenserait
    - he, she, it, one would spend
    nous dépenserions
    - we would spend
    vous dépenseriez
    - you would spend (formal or plural)
    ils, elles dépenseraient
    - they would spend

    Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of dépenser, the French for spend
    présent de subjonctif

    que je dépense
    - that I may spend
    que tu dépenses
    - that you may spend(familiar or informal)
    qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on dépense
    - that he, she, it, one may spend
    que nous dépensions
    - that we may spend
    que vous dépensiez
    - that you may spend(formal or plural)
    qu’ils, qu’elles dépensent
    - that they may spend

    The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb dépenser - the verb ‘to spend’ in French

    Past Participle of dépenser is:
    dépensé -spent.

    These past tenses are all made using the tenses of avoir (to have) and the past participle. Being made of two parts they are called 'compound'.
    • I have spent
    • you had spent
    • he will have spent
    • we would have spent

    Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of dépenser - French for spend
    passé composé

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

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

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

    Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of dépenser, the French for spend
    futur antérieur

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

    Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of dépenser, the French for spend
    conditionnel passé

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

    Imperative Tense conjugations of dépenser, the French for spend
    impératif

    dépense
    - spend!
    dépensons
    - let’s spend!
    dépensez
    - spend!

    Present Participle of dépenser

    dépensant - spending

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