amocher

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ moche +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mɔ.ʃe/

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Verb

amocher

1. (transitive, colloquial) to mess up

Conjugation

Conjugation of amocher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	amocher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	amochant /a.mɔ.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		amoché /a.mɔ.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	amoche /a.mɔʃ/	amoches /a.mɔʃ/	amoche /a.mɔʃ/	amochons /a.mɔ.ʃɔ̃/	amochez /a.mɔ.ʃe/	amochent /a.mɔʃ/
	imperfect	amochais /a.mɔ.ʃɛ/	amochais /a.mɔ.ʃɛ/	amochait /a.mɔ.ʃɛ/	amochions /a.mɔ.ʃjɔ̃/	amochiez /a.mɔ.ʃje/	amochaient /a.mɔ.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	amochai /a.mɔ.ʃe/	amochas /a.mɔ.ʃa/	amocha /a.mɔ.ʃa/	amochâmes /a.mɔ.ʃam/	amochâtes /a.mɔ.ʃat/	amochèrent /a.mɔ.ʃɛʁ/
	future	amocherai /a.mɔʃ.ʁe/	amocheras /a.mɔʃ.ʁa/	amochera /a.mɔʃ.ʁa/	amocherons /a.mɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/	amocherez /a.mɔʃ.ʁe/	amocheront /a.mɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	amocherais /a.mɔʃ.ʁɛ/	amocherais /a.mɔʃ.ʁɛ/	amocherait /a.mɔʃ.ʁɛ/	amocherions /a.mɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	amocheriez /a.mɔ.ʃə.ʁje/	amocheraient /a.mɔʃ.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	amoche /a.mɔʃ/	amoches /a.mɔʃ/	amoche /a.mɔʃ/	amochions /a.mɔ.ʃjɔ̃/	amochiez /a.mɔ.ʃje/	amochent /a.mɔʃ/
	imperfect2	amochasse /a.mɔ.ʃas/	amochasses /a.mɔ.ʃas/	amochât /a.mɔ.ʃa/	amochassions /a.mɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	amochassiez /a.mɔ.ʃa.sje/	amochassent /a.mɔ.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	amoche /a.mɔʃ/	—	amochons /a.mɔ.ʃɔ̃/	amochez /a.mɔ.ʃe/	—
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).

Further reading

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