How to Conjugate 'Applaudir' (to Applaud, Clap)

The French word applaudir means to applaud or to clap. Applaudir is a regular verb, meaning it's one of those words that's relatively easy to conjugate. 

How to Conjugate the French Verb Applaudir

To conjugate a regular verb, start with the stem and add the ending appropriate of the type of verb you're conjugating and the subject pronoun you're using—the person or thing doing the action. Applaudir is a regular -ir verb, so the stem is applaud- and the endings are those of regular infinitives ending in -ir.

This chart will help you figure out how conjugate applaudir.

	Present	Future	Imperfect
j'	applaudis	applaudirai	applaudissais
tu	applaudis	applaudiras	applaudissais
il	applaudit	applaudira	applaudissait
nous	applaudissons	applaudirons	applaudissions
vous	applaudissez	applaudirez	applaudissiez
ils	applaudissent	applaudiront	applaudissaient

The present participle of applaudir is applaudissant. The present participle is less common in French than its English equivalent -ing. You may use the present participle as an adjective, gerund, noun or verb.

Example

Applaudissant, nous avons commencé departer le théâtre. (Applauding, we began to leave the theater.)

Other Simple Conjugations of Applaudir

	Subjunctive	Conditional	Passé simple	Imperfect subjunctive
j'	applaudisse	applaudirais	applaudis	applaudisse
tu	applaudisses	applaudirais	applaudis	applaudisses
il	applaudisse	applaudirait	applaudit	applaudît
nous	applaudissions	applaudirions	applaudîmes	applaudissions
vous	applaudissiez	applaudiriez	applaudîtes	applaudissiez
ils	applaudissent	applaudiraient	applaudirent	applaudissent

Imperative
tu	applaudis
nous	applaudissons
vous	applaudissez

How to Form the Past Tense of Applaudir

You can use the imperfect tense to talk about something in the past (j'applaudissais / I was clapping) but you're more likely to use the passé composé, which is a compound tense. Applaudir uses the auxiliary verb avoir, and the past participle is applaudi.

Example

J'ai applaudi. (I applauded.)

Nous avons applaudi. (We applauded.)