The French for spend is the verb débourser

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French for spend is the regular ER verb débourser, outlined here in detail in the tenses employed in today's French language.

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

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of débourser, which is French for spend.

• I spend.
• you spent.
• he will spend.
• we would spend.
• they may spend.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for débourser, 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 débourser
Simple Tenses débourser
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent spend	débourse	débourses	débourse	déboursons	déboursez	déboursent
Past Imperfect Imparfait spent	déboursais	déboursais	déboursait	déboursions	déboursiez	déboursaient
Simple Past Passé Simple spent	déboursai	déboursas	déboursa	déboursâmes	déboursâtes	déboursèrent
Future Futur will spend	débourserai	débourseras	déboursera	débourserons	débourserez	débourseront
Conditional Conditionnel would spend	débourserais	débourserais	débourserait	débourserions	débourseriez	débourseraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may spend	débourse	débourses	débourse	déboursions	déboursiez	déboursent
Compound Tenses débourser
Present Perfect Passé Composé have spent	ai déboursé	as déboursé	a déboursé	avons déboursé	avez déboursé	ont déboursé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had spent	avais déboursé	avais déboursé	avait déboursé	avions déboursé	aviez déboursé	avaient déboursé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai déboursé	auras déboursé	aura déboursé	aurons déboursé	aurez déboursé	auront déboursé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have spent	aurais déboursé	aurais déboursé	aurait déboursé	aurions déboursé	auriez déboursé	auraient déboursé
Imperative Imperatif spend!		débourse		déboursons	déboursez

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

je débourse
- I spend
tu débourses
- you spend - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on débourse
- he, she, it, one spends
nous déboursons
- we spend
vous déboursez
- you spend (formal or plural)
ils, elles déboursent
- they spend

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

je déboursais
- I spent
- I was spending
tu déboursais
- you spent- (familiar or informal)
- you were spending
il, elle, on déboursait
- he, she, it, one spent
- he, she, it, one was spending
nous déboursions
- we spent
- we were spending
vous déboursiez
- you spent- (formal or plural)
- you were spending
ils, elles déboursaient
- they spent
- they were spending

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

je déboursai
- I spent
tu déboursas
- you spent- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on déboursa
- he, she, it, one spent
nous déboursâmes
- we spent
vous déboursâtes
- you spent- (formal or plural)
ils, elles déboursèrent
they spent
(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 débourser, the French for spend
futur

je débourserai
- I will spend
tu débourseras
- you will spend (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on déboursera
- he, she, it, one will spend
nous débourserons
- we will spend
vous débourserez
- you will spend (formal or plural)
ils, elles débourseront
- they will spend

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Conditional Tense conjugations of débourser, the French for spend
conditionnel

je débourserais
- I would spend
tu débourserais
- you would spend (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on débourserait
- he, she, it, one would spend
nous débourserions
- we would spend
vous débourseriez
- you would spend (formal or plural)
ils, elles débourseraient
- they would spend

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

que je débourse
- that I may spend
que tu débourses
- that you may spend(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on débourse
- that he, she, it, one may spend
que nous déboursions
- that we may spend
que vous déboursiez
- that you may spend(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles déboursent
- that they may spend

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

Past Participle of débourser is:
déboursé -spent.

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

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

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

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of débourser - 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 déboursé
- I had spent
tu avais déboursé
- you had spent- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait déboursé
- he, she, it, one had spent
nous avions déboursé
- we had spent
vous aviez déboursé
- you had spent (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient déboursé
- they had spent

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

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

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

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of débourser, the French for spend
impératif

débourse
- spend!
déboursons
- let’s spend!
déboursez
- spend!

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Present Participle of débourser

déboursant - spending

Menu of Conjugated French verbs like débourser, spend in English.

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