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bauger

to wallow

Usage

A hunting-vocabulary verb describing a wild boar wallowing or settling into its bauge (muddy lair/wallow). Narrowly technical, confined to hunting and nature writing.

Examples
  • Le sanglier se baugeait dans la boue fraîche.The wild boar was wallowing in the fresh mud.
  • Les chasseurs cherchaient l'endroit où la bête baugeait.The hunters were looking for where the animal wallowed.
  • Ce terme technique appartient au vocabulaire cynégétique.This technical term belongs to hunting vocabulary.
Common mistake

Strictly reserved for wild boar in hunting contexts — se vautrer is the general word for wallowing that applies more broadly.

Often confused with vautrer.

Simple tenses

Present

jebauge
tubauges
il/ellebauge
nousbaugeons
vousbaugez
ils/ellesbaugent

Imperfect

jebaugeais
tubaugeais
il/ellebaugeait
nousbaugions
vousbaugiez
ils/ellesbaugeaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jebaugeai
tubaugeas
il/ellebaugea
nousbaugeâmes
vousbaugeâtes
ils/ellesbaugèrent

Future

jebaugerai
tubaugeras
il/ellebaugera
nousbaugerons
vousbaugerez
ils/ellesbaugeront

Conditional

jebaugerais
tubaugerais
il/ellebaugerait
nousbaugerions
vousbaugeriez
ils/ellesbaugeraient

Subjunctive

jebauge
tubauges
il/ellebauge
nousbaugions
vousbaugiez
ils/ellesbaugent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jebaugeasse
tubaugeasses
il/ellebaugeât
nousbaugeassions
vousbaugeassiez
ils/ellesbaugeassent

Imperative

tubauge
nousbaugeons
vousbaugez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

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

Plus-que-parfait

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

Passé antérieur

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

Futur antérieur

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

Conditionnel passé

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

Subjonctif passé

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

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

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

Impératif passé

tuaie baugé
nousayons baugé
vousayez baugé

Other

Present participle

baugeant

Past participle

baugé

Infinitive

bauger

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Frequently asked questions

What does "bauger" mean?

"bauger" means "to wallow".

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

The present of "bauger" is: je bauge, tu bauges, il/elle bauge, nous baugeons, vous baugez, ils/elles baugent.

What is the Passé composé of "bauger"?

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

What is the Imperative of "bauger"?

The imperative of "bauger" is: tu bauge, nous baugeons, vous baugez.