Key facts

Travestir

To distort · to distort/to misrepresent/to disguise

C1Regular
Stem
travest
Past participle
travesti

Examples

Je travestis le fait.

I misrepresent the fact.

Il ne travestit pas son jeu.

He doesn't disguise his game.

Nous travestissions.

We were misrepresenting.

Nous avons travesti ça.

We misrepresented that.

Présent

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

Group 2
Jetravestis
Idistort
Tutravestis
Youdistort
Iltravestit
Hedistorts
Noustravestissons
Wedistort
Voustravestissez
Youdistort
Ilstravestissent
Theydistort

Futur proche

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

Jevais travestir
Iam going to distort
Tuvas travestir
Youare going to distort
Ilva travestir
Heis going to distort
Nousallons travestir
Weare going to distort
Vousallez travestir
Youare going to distort
Ilsvont travestir
Theyare going to distort

Passé récent

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

Jeviens de travestir
Ihave just distorted
Tuviens de travestir
Youhave just distorted
Ilvient de travestir
Hehas just distorted
Nousvenons de travestir
Wehave just distorted
Vousvenez de travestir
Youhave just distorted
Ilsviennent de travestir
Theyhave just distorted

Passé composé

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

J'ai travesti
Ihave distorted
Tuas travesti
Youhave distorted
Ila travesti
Hehas distorted
Nousavons travesti
Wehave distorted
Vousavez travesti
Youhave distorted
Ilsont travesti
Theyhave distorted

Conditionnel présent

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

Jetravestirais
Iwould distort
Tutravestirais
Youwould distort
Iltravestirait
Hewould distort
Noustravestirions
Wewould distort
Voustravestiriez
Youwould distort
Ilstravestiraient
Theywould distort

Futur simple

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

Jetravestirai
Iwill distort
Tutravestiras
Youwill distort
Iltravestira
Hewill distort
Noustravestirons
Wewill distort
Voustravestirez
Youwill distort
Ilstravestiront
Theywill distort

Imparfait

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

Jetravestissais
Iwas distorting
Tutravestissais
Youwere distorting
Iltravestissait
Hewas distorting
Noustravestissions
Were distorting
Voustravestissiez
Youwere distorting
Ilstravestissaient
Theywere distorting

Impératif présent

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

(Tu)travestis
Youdistort
(Nous)travestissons
Wedistort
(Vous)travestissez
Youdistort

Participe présent

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

travestissant
distorting

Gérondif présent

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

en travestissant
distorting

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