pédaler

See also: pedaler

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

pédaler

1. to pedal (a bicycle)

Conjugation

Conjugation of pédaler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	pédaler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	pédalant /pe.da.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		pédalé /pe.da.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	pédale /pe.dal/	pédales /pe.dal/	pédale /pe.dal/	pédalons /pe.da.lɔ̃/	pédalez /pe.da.le/	pédalent /pe.dal/
	imperfect	pédalais /pe.da.lɛ/	pédalais /pe.da.lɛ/	pédalait /pe.da.lɛ/	pédalions /pe.da.ljɔ̃/	pédaliez /pe.da.lje/	pédalaient /pe.da.lɛ/
	past historic2	pédalai /pe.da.le/	pédalas /pe.da.la/	pédala /pe.da.la/	pédalâmes /pe.da.lam/	pédalâtes /pe.da.lat/	pédalèrent /pe.da.lɛʁ/
	future	pédalerai /pe.dal.ʁe/	pédaleras /pe.dal.ʁa/	pédalera /pe.dal.ʁa/	pédalerons /pe.dal.ʁɔ̃/	pédalerez /pe.dal.ʁe/	pédaleront /pe.dal.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	pédalerais /pe.dal.ʁɛ/	pédalerais /pe.dal.ʁɛ/	pédalerait /pe.dal.ʁɛ/	pédalerions /pe.da.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	pédaleriez /pe.da.lə.ʁje/	pédaleraient /pe.dal.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	pédale /pe.dal/	pédales /pe.dal/	pédale /pe.dal/	pédalions /pe.da.ljɔ̃/	pédaliez /pe.da.lje/	pédalent /pe.dal/
	imperfect2	pédalasse /pe.da.las/	pédalasses /pe.da.las/	pédalât /pe.da.la/	pédalassions /pe.da.la.sjɔ̃/	pédalassiez /pe.da.la.sje/	pédalassent /pe.da.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pédale /pe.dal/	—	pédalons /pe.da.lɔ̃/	pédalez /pe.da.le/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• pédalage
• pédaler dans la choucroute/pédaler dans la semoule
• rétropédaler

Further reading

• “pédaler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.