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Verb conjugation

avorter

to fail, to come to an end; to have an abortion

Usage

Most commonly used figuratively in everyday French for a plan or project that fails before completion (le projet a avorté faute de financement). It's also the standard verb for a medical abortion or miscarriage, so context determines which sense is meant.

Examples
  • Le projet de fusion a finalement avorté.The merger project ultimately fell through.
  • La tentative de coup d'État a avorté en quelques heures.The coup attempt collapsed within hours.
  • Faute de moyens, l'expérience a avorté avant même de commencer.For lack of resources, the experiment failed before it even began.
Common mistake

Because avorter also carries the medical sense, learners should pay attention to context — for a plan that simply 'didn't work out' without any hint of failure or collapse, échouer is often a safer, more neutral choice.

Simple tenses

Present

jeavorte
tuavortes
il/elleavorte
nousavortons
vousavortez
ils/ellesavortent

Imperfect

jeavortais
tuavortais
il/elleavortait
nousavortions
vousavortiez
ils/ellesavortaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jeavortai
tuavortas
il/elleavorta
nousavortâmes
vousavortâtes
ils/ellesavortèrent

Future

jeavorterai
tuavorteras
il/elleavortera
nousavorterons
vousavorterez
ils/ellesavorteront

Conditional

jeavorterais
tuavorterais
il/elleavorterait
nousavorterions
vousavorteriez
ils/ellesavorteraient

Subjunctive

jeavorte
tuavortes
il/elleavorte
nousavortions
vousavortiez
ils/ellesavortent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jeavortasse
tuavortasses
il/elleavortât
nousavortassions
vousavortassiez
ils/ellesavortassent

Imperative

tuavorte
nousavortons
vousavortez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

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

Plus-que-parfait

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

Passé antérieur

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

Futur antérieur

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

Conditionnel passé

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

Subjonctif passé

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

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

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

Impératif passé

tuaie avorté
nousayons avorté
vousayez avorté

Other

Present participle

avortant

Past participle

avorté

Infinitive

avorter

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Frequently asked questions

What does "avorter" mean?

"avorter" means "to fail, to come to an end; to have an abortion".

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

The present of "avorter" is: je avorte, tu avortes, il/elle avorte, nous avortons, vous avortez, ils/elles avortent.

What is the Passé composé of "avorter"?

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

What is the Imperative of "avorter"?

The imperative of "avorter" is: tu avorte, nous avortons, vous avortez.