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je contracte

contract, shrink

→ contracter
contract to catch, to contract + e je present / subjunctive, or tu command form
verb · 1st-person singular, present tense / 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person singular Rare #49,913
contract Used for catching an illness.
FR: Je contracte parfois un rhume en hiver.
EN: I sometimes catch a cold in winter.
shrink, contract Used with se for something that becomes smaller, especially when cooled.
FR: Le métal se contracte quand il refroidit.
EN: The metal shrinks when it cools.
Conjugation of contracter
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First contracte —
Third contracte —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First contracte —
Third contracte —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second contracte —

Je contracte toujours des rhumes en hiver.

I always get colds in the winter.

Je contracte la grippe chaque année.

I get the flu every year.

Je contracte souvent des rhumes en hiver.

I often get colds in winter.

Le métal se contracte quand il est refroidi.

Metal contracts when it cools.