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Verb conjugation

cahoter

to bump, jolt; to jolt along, bounce along

Usage

Describes a vehicle jolting and bumping over rough, uneven ground — la charrette cahotait sur le chemin. Also used figuratively for a plan, career, or negotiation proceeding in fits and starts rather than smoothly.

Examples
  • Le vieux bus cahotait sur la route de montagne.The old bus jolted along the mountain road.
  • Sa carrière a cahoté pendant des années avant de décoller.His career jolted along for years before taking off.
  • La charrette cahotait sur les pavés inégaux.The cart bumped along over the uneven cobblestones.
Common mistake

Cahoter sounds like it should relate to chaos, but it's unrelated — it comes from the noun cahot (a jolt/bump in the road), not from chaos; don't force a spelling with 'ch-'.

Simple tenses

Present

jecahote
tucahotes
il/ellecahote
nouscahotons
vouscahotez
ils/ellescahotent

Imperfect

jecahotais
tucahotais
il/ellecahotait
nouscahotions
vouscahotiez
ils/ellescahotaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jecahotai
tucahotas
il/ellecahota
nouscahotâmes
vouscahotâtes
ils/ellescahotèrent

Future

jecahoterai
tucahoteras
il/ellecahotera
nouscahoterons
vouscahoterez
ils/ellescahoteront

Conditional

jecahoterais
tucahoterais
il/ellecahoterait
nouscahoterions
vouscahoteriez
ils/ellescahoteraient

Subjunctive

jecahote
tucahotes
il/ellecahote
nouscahotions
vouscahotiez
ils/ellescahotent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jecahotasse
tucahotasses
il/ellecahotât
nouscahotassions
vouscahotassiez
ils/ellescahotassent

Imperative

tucahote
nouscahotons
vouscahotez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

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

Plus-que-parfait

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

Passé antérieur

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

Futur antérieur

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

Conditionnel passé

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

Subjonctif passé

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

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

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

Impératif passé

tuaie cahoté
nousayons cahoté
vousayez cahoté

Other

Present participle

cahotant

Past participle

cahoté

Infinitive

cahoter

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Frequently asked questions

What does "cahoter" mean?

"cahoter" means "to bump, jolt; to jolt along, bounce along".

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

The present of "cahoter" is: je cahote, tu cahotes, il/elle cahote, nous cahotons, vous cahotez, ils/elles cahotent.

What is the Passé composé of "cahoter"?

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

What is the Imperative of "cahoter"?

The imperative of "cahoter" is: tu cahote, nous cahotons, vous cahotez.