Key facts

Tolérer

To tolerate

B2Irregular
Stem
tolér
Past participle
toléré

Examples

Je tolère le bruit.

I tolerate the noise.

Il ne tolère pas le sucre.

He doesn't tolerate sugar.

Nous tolérions tout.

We were tolerating everything.

Nous avons toléré ça.

We tolerated that.

This verb is highly irregular. Prioritize repetition and active recall.

Présent

Indicative present — everyday actions, ongoing situations, and habits; the tense you rely on most in conversation.

Group 1
Jetolère
Itolerate
Tutolères
Youtolerate
Iltolère
Hetolerates
Noustolérons
Wetolerate
Voustolérez
Youtolerate
Ilstolèrent
Theytolerate

Futur proche

Near future with aller + infinitive — what you are about to do, very soon after the moment of speaking.

Jevais tolérer
Iam going to tolerate
Tuvas tolérer
Youare going to tolerate
Ilva tolérer
Heis going to tolerate
Nousallons tolérer
Weare going to tolerate
Vousallez tolérer
Youare going to tolerate
Ilsvont tolérer
Theyare going to tolerate

Passé récent

Recent past with venir de + infinitive — something that has just finished, still fresh in the speaker’s mind.

Jeviens de tolérer
Ihave just tolerated
Tuviens de tolérer
Youhave just tolerated
Ilvient de tolérer
Hehas just tolerated
Nousvenons de tolérer
Wehave just tolerated
Vousvenez de tolérer
Youhave just tolerated
Ilsviennent de tolérer
Theyhave just tolerated

Passé composé

Compound past with être or avoir + past participle — completed, one-off events and the backbone of spoken storytelling.

J'ai toléré
Ihave tolerated
Tuas toléré
Youhave tolerated
Ila toléré
Hehas tolerated
Nousavons toléré
Wehave tolerated
Vousavez toléré
Youhave tolerated
Ilsont toléré
Theyhave tolerated

Conditionnel présent

Conditional mood — polite requests, imagined outcomes, and what would happen under certain conditions.

Jetolérerais
Iwould tolerate
Tutolérerais
Youwould tolerate
Iltolérerait
Hewould tolerate
Noustolérerions
Wewould tolerate
Voustoléreriez
Youwould tolerate
Ilstoléreraient
Theywould tolerate

Futur simple

Simple future — often more formal or literary than the near future; states intentions farther ahead in time.

Jetolérerai
Iwill tolerate
Tutoléreras
Youwill tolerate
Iltolérera
Hewill tolerate
Noustolérerons
Wewill tolerate
Voustolérerez
Youwill tolerate
Ilstoléreront
Theywill tolerate

Imparfait

Imperfect — repeated habits in the past, background description, and actions still in progress when something else occurred.

Jetolérais
Iwas tolerating
Tutolérais
Youwere tolerating
Iltolérait
Hewas tolerating
Noustolérions
Were tolerating
Voustolériez
Youwere tolerating
Ilstoléraient
Theywere tolerating

Impératif présent

Present imperative — direct commands and friendly requests; only tu, nous, and vous person forms exist.

(Tu)tolère
Youtolerate
(Nous)tolérons
Wetolerate
(Vous)tolérez
Youtolerate

Participe présent

Present participle — the -ant form in subordinate clauses, compound tenses, and many fixed expressions.

tolérant
tolerating

Gérondif présent

Gerund with en + present participle — simultaneous action, manner, or cause while something else is going on.

en tolérant
tolerating

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