Key facts

Rembourser

To refund · to refund/to pay back

B2Regular
Stem
rembours
Past participle
remboursé

Examples

Je rembourse Paul.

I repay Paul.

Il ne rembourse pas Lucie.

He doesn't repay Lucie.

Nous remboursions tout.

We were repaying everything.

Nous avons remboursé le prêt.

We repaid the loan.

Présent

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

Group 1
Jerembourse
Irepay
Turembourses
Yourepay
Ilrembourse
Herepays
Nousremboursons
Werepay
Vousremboursez
Yourepay
Ilsremboursent
Theyrepay

Futur proche

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

Jevais rembourser
Iam going to refund
Tuvas rembourser
Youare going to refund
Ilva rembourser
Heis going to refund
Nousallons rembourser
Weare going to refund
Vousallez rembourser
Youare going to refund
Ilsvont rembourser
Theyare going to refund

Passé récent

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

Jeviens de rembourser
Ihave just refunded
Tuviens de rembourser
Youhave just refunded
Ilvient de rembourser
Hehas just refunded
Nousvenons de rembourser
Wehave just refunded
Vousvenez de rembourser
Youhave just refunded
Ilsviennent de rembourser
Theyhave just refunded

Passé composé

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

J'ai remboursé
Ihave refunded
Tuas remboursé
Youhave refunded
Ila remboursé
Hehas refunded
Nousavons remboursé
Wehave refunded
Vousavez remboursé
Youhave refunded
Ilsont remboursé
Theyhave refunded

Conditionnel présent

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

Jerembourserais
Iwould refund
Turembourserais
Youwould refund
Ilrembourserait
Hewould refund
Nousrembourserions
Wewould refund
Vousrembourseriez
Youwould refund
Ilsrembourseraient
Theywould refund

Futur simple

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

Jerembourserai
Iwill refund
Turembourseras
Youwill refund
Ilremboursera
Hewill refund
Nousrembourserons
Wewill refund
Vousrembourserez
Youwill refund
Ilsrembourseront
Theywill refund

Imparfait

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

Jeremboursais
Iwas refunding
Turemboursais
Youwere refunding
Ilremboursait
Hewas refunding
Nousremboursions
Were refunding
Vousremboursiez
Youwere refunding
Ilsremboursaient
Theywere refunding

Impératif présent

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

(Tu)rembourse
Yourefund
(Nous)remboursons
Werefund
(Vous)remboursez
Yourefund

Participe présent

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

remboursant
refunding

Gérondif présent

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

en remboursant
refunding

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