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Verb conjugation

catastropher

to stagger (a person, with an announcement)

Usage

Mostly encountered in its past participle used as an adjective, catastrophé(e), meaning deeply shocked or devastated by bad news — il était catastrophé en apprenant la nouvelle. Rare as an active verb outside that fixed pattern.

Examples
  • Elle était catastrophée par les résultats de l'examen.She was devastated by the exam results.
  • La nouvelle l'a catastrophé du jour au lendemain.The news devastated him overnight.
  • Nous étions tous catastrophés par l'ampleur des dégâts.We were all devastated by the extent of the damage.
Common mistake

This verb is almost always used passively/adjectivally as être catastrophé(e) — using it actively ('X catastrophe Y') is grammatically fine but sounds noticeably rarer and more formal than the everyday adjectival use.

Simple tenses

Present

jecatastrophe
tucatastrophes
il/ellecatastrophe
nouscatastrophons
vouscatastrophez
ils/ellescatastrophent

Imperfect

jecatastrophais
tucatastrophais
il/ellecatastrophait
nouscatastrophions
vouscatastrophiez
ils/ellescatastrophaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jecatastrophai
tucatastrophas
il/ellecatastropha
nouscatastrophâmes
vouscatastrophâtes
ils/ellescatastrophèrent

Future

jecatastropherai
tucatastropheras
il/ellecatastrophera
nouscatastropherons
vouscatastropherez
ils/ellescatastropheront

Conditional

jecatastropherais
tucatastropherais
il/ellecatastropherait
nouscatastropherions
vouscatastropheriez
ils/ellescatastropheraient

Subjunctive

jecatastrophe
tucatastrophes
il/ellecatastrophe
nouscatastrophions
vouscatastrophiez
ils/ellescatastrophent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jecatastrophasse
tucatastrophasses
il/ellecatastrophât
nouscatastrophassions
vouscatastrophassiez
ils/ellescatastrophassent

Imperative

tucatastrophe
nouscatastrophons
vouscatastrophez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

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

Plus-que-parfait

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

Passé antérieur

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

Futur antérieur

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

Conditionnel passé

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

Subjonctif passé

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

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

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

Impératif passé

tuaie catastrophé
nousayons catastrophé
vousayez catastrophé

Other

Present participle

catastrophant

Past participle

catastrophé

Infinitive

catastropher

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Frequently asked questions

What does "catastropher" mean?

"catastropher" means "to stagger (a person, with an announcement)".

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

The present of "catastropher" is: je catastrophe, tu catastrophes, il/elle catastrophe, nous catastrophons, vous catastrophez, ils/elles catastrophent.

What is the Passé composé of "catastropher"?

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

What is the Imperative of "catastropher"?

The imperative of "catastropher" is: tu catastrophe, nous catastrophons, vous catastrophez.