Conjugations
All six tenses and their examples are shown below. Use the links above to jump to a tense. English translations use the meaning “to worsen.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | aggrave | I worsen | |
| tu | aggraves | you worsen | |
| il / elle / on | aggrave | he / she / it worsenson: we worsen / one worsens | |
| nous | aggravons | we worsen | |
| vous | aggravez | you worsen | |
| ils / elles | aggravent | they worsen |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
La pluie aggrave l'état du chemin.
The rain worsens the condition of the path.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai aggravé | I worsened | |
| tu | as aggravé | you worsened | |
| il / elle / on | a aggravé | he / she / it worsenedon: we worsened / one worsened | |
| nous | avons aggravé | we worsened | |
| vous | avez aggravé | you worsened | |
| ils / elles | ont aggravé | they worsened |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, la pluie a aggravé l'état du chemin.
Yesterday, the rain worsened the condition of the path.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
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Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | aggravais | I used to worsen | |
| tu | aggravais | you used to worsen | |
| il / elle / on | aggravait | he / she / it used to worsenon: we used to worsen / one used to worsen | |
| nous | aggravions | we used to worsen | |
| vous | aggraviez | you used to worsen | |
| ils / elles | aggravaient | they used to worsen |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, la pluie aggravait l'état du chemin.
Back then, the rain used to worsen the condition of the path.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | aggraverai | I will worsen | |
| tu | aggraveras | you will worsen | |
| il / elle / on | aggravera | he / she / it will worsenon: we will worsen / one will worsen | |
| nous | aggraverons | we will worsen | |
| vous | aggraverez | you will worsen | |
| ils / elles | aggraveront | they will worsen |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, la pluie aggravera l'état du chemin.
Later, the rain will worsen the condition of the path.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | aggraverais | I would worsen | |
| tu | aggraverais | you would worsen | |
| il / elle / on | aggraverait | he / she / it would worsenon: we would worsen / one would worsen | |
| nous | aggraverions | we would worsen | |
| vous | aggraveriez | you would worsen | |
| ils / elles | aggraveraient | they would worsen |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
La pluie aggraverait l'état du chemin.
The rain would worsen the condition of the path.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | aggrave | (that) I worsen | |
| tu | aggraves | (that) you worsen | |
| il / elle / on | aggrave | (that) he / she / it worsenson: (that) we worsen / one worsens | |
| nous | aggravions | (that) we worsen | |
| vous | aggraviez | (that) you worsen | |
| ils / elles | aggravent | (that) they worsen |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que la pluie aggrave l'état du chemin.
It is possible that the rain worsens the condition of the path.
French forms omit the subject. Use j’ before a vowel sound. Vous is polite singular or plural “you”; on often means “we,” or the general “one.” English wording depends on the context: passé composé can also use “have,” and the imperfect can describe an ongoing action. Subjunctive translations here follow “it is possible that.”
Meaning & usage
- to worsen (to make worse)
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and simple conjugation forms adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Passé composé forms combine the source auxiliary and past participle. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations