livrer

Livrer is a French verb meaning to deliver or to hand over, and also to supply or to reveal in certain contexts. It is commonly used in commerce and logistics, law and policing, and in expressions about surrender or disclosure. In logistics, livrer describes the act of bringing goods to a customer or endpoint: for example, livrer un colis means to deliver a package. In supply and arms contexts, it can mean to provide or furnish: livrer des armes. In legal terms, it can mean to hand someone over to authorities: livrer une personne à la police.

The verb is a regular -er verb. In the present tense the forms are: je livre, tu livres, il livre, nous livrons, vous livrez, ils livrent. The passé composé is formed with avoir: j'ai livré. Other common tenses follow the standard -er conjugation pattern: imparfait je livrais, futur je livrerai, conditionnel je livrerais, subjunctif présent que je livre, que tu livres, qu'il livre, etc. The past participle is livré.

A key construction is livrer quelque chose à quelqu’un, meaning to deliver something to someone: « Nous livrons les commandes à domicile. » The reflexive form se livrer has distinct senses: it can mean to surrender oneself to authorities (« se livrer à la police ») or to disclose or reveal oneself or one’s feelings (« se livrer au public », « se livrer à une confession »).

Overall, livrer covers practical delivery and transfer of goods or information, as well as more figurative acts of surrender or disclosure, depending on the context.