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Verb conjugation

dealer

to deal (drugs)

Usage

Dealer is a common anglicism meaning to deal drugs — il deale du cannabis — and, less often, to deal in the informal sense of striking a bargain. It's casual, spoken-register vocabulary, closely tied to the noun un dealer (a drug dealer).

Examples
  • Il deale dans le quartier depuis des années.He's been dealing in the neighborhood for years.
  • La police a arrêté deux personnes qui dealaient.The police arrested two people who were dealing.
  • On ne peut pas dealer avec ce genre de type.You can't make deals with that kind of guy.
Common mistake

Dealer overwhelmingly means "to deal drugs" in everyday French — using it to mean a normal business deal or negotiation (like faire affaire or négocier) would confuse most listeners, who default to the drug sense.

Simple tenses

Present

jedeale
tudeales
il/elledeale
nousdealons
vousdealez
ils/ellesdealent

Imperfect

jedealais
tudealais
il/elledealait
nousdealions
vousdealiez
ils/ellesdealaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jedealai
tudealas
il/elledeala
nousdealâmes
vousdealâtes
ils/ellesdealèrent

Future

jedealerai
tudealeras
il/elledealera
nousdealerons
vousdealerez
ils/ellesdealeront

Conditional

jedealerais
tudealerais
il/elledealerait
nousdealerions
vousdealeriez
ils/ellesdealeraient

Subjunctive

jedeale
tudeales
il/elledeale
nousdealions
vousdealiez
ils/ellesdealent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jedealasse
tudealasses
il/elledealât
nousdealassions
vousdealassiez
ils/ellesdealassent

Imperative

tudeale
nousdealons
vousdealez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

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

Plus-que-parfait

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

Passé antérieur

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

Futur antérieur

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

Conditionnel passé

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

Subjonctif passé

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

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

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

Impératif passé

tuaie dealé
nousayons dealé
vousayez dealé

Other

Present participle

dealant

Past participle

dealé

Infinitive

dealer

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Frequently asked questions

What does "dealer" mean?

"dealer" means "to deal (drugs)".

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

The present of "dealer" is: je deale, tu deales, il/elle deale, nous dealons, vous dealez, ils/elles dealent.

What is the Passé composé of "dealer"?

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

What is the Imperative of "dealer"?

The imperative of "dealer" is: tu deale, nous dealons, vous dealez.