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Verb conjugation

agacer

to irritate; to tease

Usage

Agacer means to annoy, irritate, or get on someone's nerves — usually mild, everyday irritation rather than real anger (ça m'agace quand il fait ça). It also has an older sense of teasingly flirting with someone, though the "annoy" meaning dominates in modern French.

Examples
  • Son habitude de siffloter m'agace un peu.His habit of whistling gets on my nerves a bit.
  • Ne l'agace pas, il est déjà de mauvaise humeur.Don't annoy him, he's already in a bad mood.
  • Ça m'agace de devoir répéter la même chose sans cesse.It annoys me to have to repeat the same thing over and over.
Common mistake

Learners often translate agacer as "to anger" and reach for it when they mean real anger — agacer is closer to "to irritate/annoy" (mild, everyday), not the stronger fâcher or énerver used for genuine anger.

Often confused with énerver.

Simple tenses

Present

jeagace
tuagaces
il/elleagace
nousagaçons
vousagacez
ils/ellesagacent

Imperfect

jeagaçais
tuagaçais
il/elleagaçait
nousagacions
vousagaciez
ils/ellesagaçaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jeagaçai
tuagaças
il/elleagaça
nousagaçâmes
vousagaçâtes
ils/ellesagacèrent

Future

jeagacerai
tuagaceras
il/elleagacera
nousagacerons
vousagacerez
ils/ellesagaceront

Conditional

jeagacerais
tuagacerais
il/elleagacerait
nousagacerions
vousagaceriez
ils/ellesagaceraient

Subjunctive

jeagace
tuagaces
il/elleagace
nousagacions
vousagaciez
ils/ellesagacent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jeagaçasse
tuagaçasses
il/elleagaçât
nousagaçassions
vousagaçassiez
ils/ellesagaçassent

Imperative

tuagace
nousagaçons
vousagacez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

jeai agacé
tuas agacé
il/ellea agacé
nousavons agacé
vousavez agacé
ils/ellesont agacé

Plus-que-parfait

jeavais agacé
tuavais agacé
il/elleavait agacé
nousavions agacé
vousaviez agacé
ils/ellesavaient agacé

Passé antérieur

jeeus agacé
tueus agacé
il/elleeut agacé
nouseûmes agacé
vouseûtes agacé
ils/elleseurent agacé

Futur antérieur

jeaurai agacé
tuauras agacé
il/elleaura agacé
nousaurons agacé
vousaurez agacé
ils/ellesauront agacé

Conditionnel passé

jeaurais agacé
tuaurais agacé
il/elleaurait agacé
nousaurions agacé
vousauriez agacé
ils/ellesauraient agacé

Subjonctif passé

jeaie agacé
tuaies agacé
il/elleait agacé
nousayons agacé
vousayez agacé
ils/ellesaient agacé

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

jeeusse agacé
tueusses agacé
il/elleeût agacé
nouseussions agacé
vouseussiez agacé
ils/elleseussent agacé

Impératif passé

tuaie agacé
nousayons agacé
vousayez agacé

Other

Present participle

agaçant

Past participle

agacé

Infinitive

agacer

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Frequently asked questions

What does "agacer" mean?

"agacer" means "to irritate; to tease".

How do you conjugate "agacer" in the present tense?

The present of "agacer" is: je agace, tu agaces, il/elle agace, nous agaçons, vous agacez, ils/elles agacent.

What is the Passé composé of "agacer"?

The passé composé of "agacer" is: je ai agacé, tu as agacé, il/elle a agacé, nous avons agacé, vous avez agacé, ils/elles ont agacé.

What is the Imperative of "agacer"?

The imperative of "agacer" is: tu agace, nous agaçons, vous agacez.