How do you conjugate "to revenge"? I couldn't find anything reliable on the internet. Which leads to my second doubt, is it common to use this as a verb?

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Svenzie817

2016年6月27日

英語 (アメリカ)

For me revenge is a noun. The verb is "to get revenge (on somebody for something)". I wanted to get revenge on my brother for pranking me.

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A21K97

2016年6月27日

スペイン語 (メキシコ)

@Svenzie817: Yeah, that's what I thought. But then when I looked up the difference between revenge and vengeance, it said that revenge was both a noun and a verb while vengeance was only a noun. So I'm just confused now because when I looked up the conjugation nothing seemed too reliable in my opinion.

Svenzie817

2016年6月27日

英語 (アメリカ)

To me "revenge" is never a verb, only a noun.

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A21K97

2016年6月27日

スペイン語 (メキシコ)

@Svenzie817: Ok, thank you! I guess it just wasn't a reliable source :/

issym

2016年6月27日

英語 (アメリカ)

No conjugation needed here.
Past positive. I got my revenge.
Potential. I will get my revenge.
Negative. I can't get my revenge.
Neg past. I couldn't get my revenge.

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A21K97

2016年6月27日

スペイン語 (メキシコ)

@issym: Thank you! That's why it sounded so weird trying to say it a different way. I've learned my lesson, I shall not trust the internet too much XD.

退会したユーザー

2016年6月27日

You're right, according to the Oxford dictionary, "revenge" can be a verb. However, the verb for "revenge" is literary. It would be natural to say "I revenged on my boss" and anyone would understand you, but not everyone would think it's correct (even though it is).

Literary words in English aren't always familiar to native speakers because they're hardly used in daily conversation.

This was an awesome question. Keep it up!

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A21K97

2016年6月27日

スペイン語 (メキシコ)

@Moose98: Oh, I see! Yeah, when I typed "I revenged" into the search bar, the suggestions always continued with "on..." Thank you very much, your answer was very insightful and helpful!