J'ai refusé de lui serrer la main.
I refused to shake his/her hand.
serrer
/sɛ.ʁe/to tighten (a screw
regularauxiliary: avoir
Examples in context
Doucement ! Ça ne sert à rien de trop serrer cette vis.
Gently! It's no use to tighten this screw too much.
Il lui serra le bras si fort qu'elle en garda une trace pendant trois jours.
He squeezed her arm so hard that she had a mark on it for three days.
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Indicative
Present
Tense guide →| je | serre/sɛʁ/ | |
|---|---|---|
| tu | serres/sɛʁ/ | |
| il/elle | serre/sɛʁ/ | |
| nous | serrons/sɛ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| vous | serrez/sɛ.ʁe/ | |
| ils/elles | serrent/sɛʁ/ |
Imperfect
Tense guide →| je | serrais/sɛ.ʁɛ/ | |
|---|---|---|
| tu | serrais/sɛ.ʁɛ/ | |
| il/elle | serrait/sɛ.ʁɛ/ | |
| nous | serrions/sɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ | |
| vous | serriez/sɛ.ʁje/ | |
| ils/elles | serraient/sɛ.ʁɛ/ |
Future
Tense guide →| je | serrerai/sɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ | |
|---|---|---|
| tu | serreras/sɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ | |
| il/elle | serrera/sɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ | |
| nous | serrerons/sɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| vous | serrerez/sɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ | |
| ils/elles | serreront/sɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
Simple past
Tense guide →| je | serrai/sɛ.ʁe/ | |
|---|---|---|
| tu | serras/sɛ.ʁa/ | |
| il/elle | serra/sɛ.ʁa/ | |
| nous | serrâmes/sɛ.ʁam/ | |
| vous | serrâtes/sɛ.ʁat/ | |
| ils/elles | serrèrent/sɛ.ʁɛʁ/ |
Subjunctive
Present
Tense guide →| je | serre/sɛʁ/ | |
|---|---|---|
| tu | serres/sɛʁ/ | |
| il/elle | serre/sɛʁ/ | |
| nous | serrions/sɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ | |
| vous | serriez/sɛ.ʁje/ | |
| ils/elles | serrent/sɛʁ/ |
Imperfect
Tense guide →| je | serrasse/sɛ.ʁas/ | |
|---|---|---|
| tu | serrasses/sɛ.ʁas/ | |
| il/elle | serrât/sɛ.ʁa/ | |
| nous | serrassions/sɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ | |
| vous | serrassiez/sɛ.ʁa.sje/ | |
| ils/elles | serrassent/sɛ.ʁas/ |
Conditional
Present
Tense guide →| je | serrerais/sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
|---|---|---|
| tu | serrerais/sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
| il/elle | serrerait/sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
| nous | serrerions/sɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | |
| vous | serreriez/sɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ | |
| ils/elles | serreraient/sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
Other forms
Infinitive
Tense guide →| serrer/sɛ.ʁe/ |
Imperative
Tense guide →| tu | serre/sɛʁ/ | |
|---|---|---|
| nous | serrons/sɛ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| vous | serrez/sɛ.ʁe/ |
Present participle
Tense guide →| serrant/sɛ.ʁɑ̃/ |
Past participle
Tense guide →| serré/sɛ.ʁe/ | ||
| serrée/sɛ.ʁe/ | ||
| serrés/sɛ.ʁe/ | ||
| serrées/sɛ.ʁe/ |
Gerund
Tense guide →| en serrant |