choper
See also: chopper
French
Alternative forms
- pécho (verlan)
Etymology
From chopper (“to stumble”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɔ.pe/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Verb
choper (informal)
- to steal: nick, pinch, swipe
- to arrest
- Synonym: arrêter
- Il s’est fait choper par les flics en sortant de chez lui.
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- to pick up
- Synonym: aller chercher
- Ça te va si je viens te choper à la gare?
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- to chat up, to sleep with
- Synonym: draguer
- Je vais choper en discothèque.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of choper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | choper | avoir chopé | |||||
| gerund | en chopant | en ayant chopé | |||||
| present participle | chopant /ʃɔ.pɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | chopé /ʃɔ.pe/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | chope /ʃɔp/ |
chopes /ʃɔp/ |
chope /ʃɔp/ |
chopons /ʃɔ.pɔ̃/ |
chopez /ʃɔ.pe/ |
chopent /ʃɔp/ |
| imperfect | chopais /ʃɔ.pɛ/ |
chopais /ʃɔ.pɛ/ |
chopait /ʃɔ.pɛ/ |
chopions /ʃɔ.pjɔ̃/ |
chopiez /ʃɔ.pje/ |
chopaient /ʃɔ.pɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | chopai /ʃɔ.pe/ |
chopas /ʃɔ.pa/ |
chopa /ʃɔ.pa/ |
chopâmes /ʃɔ.pam/ |
chopâtes /ʃɔ.pat/ |
chopèrent /ʃɔ.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | choperai /ʃɔ.pʁe/ |
choperas /ʃɔ.pʁa/ |
chopera /ʃɔ.pʁa/ |
choperons /ʃɔ.pʁɔ̃/ |
choperez /ʃɔ.pʁe/ |
choperont /ʃɔ.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | choperais /ʃɔ.pʁɛ/ |
choperais /ʃɔ.pʁɛ/ |
choperait /ʃɔ.pʁɛ/ |
choperions /ʃɔ.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
choperiez /ʃɔ.pə.ʁje/ |
choperaient /ʃɔ.pʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | chope /ʃɔp/ |
chopes /ʃɔp/ |
chope /ʃɔp/ |
chopions /ʃɔ.pjɔ̃/ |
chopiez /ʃɔ.pje/ |
chopent /ʃɔp/ |
| imperfect1 | chopasse /ʃɔ.pas/ |
chopasses /ʃɔ.pas/ |
chopât /ʃɔ.pa/ |
chopassions /ʃɔ.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
chopassiez /ʃɔ.pa.sje/ |
chopassent /ʃɔ.pas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | chope /ʃɔp/ |
— | chopons /ʃɔ.pɔ̃/ |
chopez /ʃɔ.pe/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “choper” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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