Verb conjugation

crawler

to swim using the crawl stroke; to spider

Usage

Crawler is a borrowed English verb used in French mainly for swimming the front crawl stroke (crawler dans la piscine) and, in a completely separate tech context, for a search engine bot crawling web pages (un robot qui crawle un site).

Examples

Elle crawle très vite, elle fait de la compétition. — She swims front crawl very fast, she competes.
Google crawle des milliards de pages chaque jour. — Google crawls billions of pages every day.
Il a appris à crawler correctement avec un coach. — He learned to swim proper front crawl with a coach.

Common mistake

The swimming sense and the tech/SEO sense are completely unrelated despite sharing the same borrowed verb — context (a pool vs. a website) is the only way to tell which meaning is intended, since French doesn't distinguish them with separate words.

Simple tenses

Present

je	crawle
tu	crawles
il/elle	crawle
nous	crawlons
vous	crawlez
ils/elles	crawlent

Imperfect

je	crawlais
tu	crawlais
il/elle	crawlait
nous	crawlions
vous	crawliez
ils/elles	crawlaient

Past historic (passé simple)

je	crawlai
tu	crawlas
il/elle	crawla
nous	crawlâmes
vous	crawlâtes
ils/elles	crawlèrent

Future

je	crawlerai
tu	crawleras
il/elle	crawlera
nous	crawlerons
vous	crawlerez
ils/elles	crawleront

Conditional

je	crawlerais
tu	crawlerais
il/elle	crawlerait
nous	crawlerions
vous	crawleriez
ils/elles	crawleraient

Subjunctive

je	crawle
tu	crawles
il/elle	crawle
nous	crawlions
vous	crawliez
ils/elles	crawlent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

je	crawlasse
tu	crawlasses
il/elle	crawlât
nous	crawlassions
vous	crawlassiez
ils/elles	crawlassent

Imperative

tu	crawle
nous	crawlons
vous	crawlez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

je	ai crawlé
tu	as crawlé
il/elle	a crawlé
nous	avons crawlé
vous	avez crawlé
ils/elles	ont crawlé

Plus-que-parfait

je	avais crawlé
tu	avais crawlé
il/elle	avait crawlé
nous	avions crawlé
vous	aviez crawlé
ils/elles	avaient crawlé

Passé antérieur

je	eus crawlé
tu	eus crawlé
il/elle	eut crawlé
nous	eûmes crawlé
vous	eûtes crawlé
ils/elles	eurent crawlé

Futur antérieur

je	aurai crawlé
tu	auras crawlé
il/elle	aura crawlé
nous	aurons crawlé
vous	aurez crawlé
ils/elles	auront crawlé

Conditionnel passé

je	aurais crawlé
tu	aurais crawlé
il/elle	aurait crawlé
nous	aurions crawlé
vous	auriez crawlé
ils/elles	auraient crawlé

Subjonctif passé

je	aie crawlé
tu	aies crawlé
il/elle	ait crawlé
nous	ayons crawlé
vous	ayez crawlé
ils/elles	aient crawlé

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

je	eusse crawlé
tu	eusses crawlé
il/elle	eût crawlé
nous	eussions crawlé
vous	eussiez crawlé
ils/elles	eussent crawlé

Impératif passé

tu	aie crawlé
nous	ayons crawlé
vous	ayez crawlé

Other

Present participle

crawlant

Past participle

crawlé

Infinitive

crawler

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Frequently asked questions

What does "crawler" mean?

"crawler" means "to swim using the crawl stroke; to spider".

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

The present of "crawler" is: je crawle, tu crawles, il/elle crawle, nous crawlons, vous crawlez, ils/elles crawlent.

What is the Passé composé of "crawler"?

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

What is the Imperative of "crawler"?

The imperative of "crawler" is: tu crawle, nous crawlons, vous crawlez.

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