chicaner
/ʃi.ka.ne/ verb C2- to get (someone) into an argument
- to quibble, squabble (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner) · C'est inutile de se chicaner. It's pointless to squabble.· Mais pourquoi est-ce que vous vous chicanez ? Just why are you bickering?
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- chicaner
- Present participle
- chicanant
- Past participle
- chicané
- Present (je)
- chicane
- Future (je)
- chicanerai
- Passé composé (je)
- ai chicané
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