To respond to in an aggressively disputatious, often sarcastic or insolent manner.
Infinitivebacktalk
Past simplebacktalked
Past participlebacktalked
-ing formbacktalking
Full conjugation of the English verb to backtalk (past simple backtalked,
past participle backtalked):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
backtalk
you
backtalk
he/she/it
backtalks
we
backtalk
you
backtalk
they
backtalk
Present continuous
I
am backtalking
you
are backtalking
he/she/it
is backtalking
we
are backtalking
you
are backtalking
they
are backtalking
Present perfect
I
have backtalked
you
have backtalked
he/she/it
has backtalked
we
have backtalked
you
have backtalked
they
have backtalked
Present perfect continuous
I
have been backtalking
you
have been backtalking
he/she/it
has been backtalking
we
have been backtalking
you
have been backtalking
they
have been backtalking
Past simple
I
backtalked
you
backtalked
he/she/it
backtalked
we
backtalked
you
backtalked
they
backtalked
Past continuous
I
was backtalking
you
were backtalking
he/she/it
was backtalking
we
were backtalking
you
were backtalking
they
were backtalking
Past perfect
I
had backtalked
you
had backtalked
he/she/it
had backtalked
we
had backtalked
you
had backtalked
they
had backtalked
Past perfect continuous
I
had been backtalking
you
had been backtalking
he/she/it
had been backtalking
we
had been backtalking
you
had been backtalking
they
had been backtalking
Future simple
I
will backtalk
you
will backtalk
he/she/it
will backtalk
we
will backtalk
you
will backtalk
they
will backtalk
Future continuous
I
will be backtalking
you
will be backtalking
he/she/it
will be backtalking
we
will be backtalking
you
will be backtalking
they
will be backtalking
Future perfect
I
will have backtalked
you
will have backtalked
he/she/it
will have backtalked
we
will have backtalked
you
will have backtalked
they
will have backtalked
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been backtalking
you
will have been backtalking
he/she/it
will have been backtalking
we
will have been backtalking
you
will have been backtalking
they
will have been backtalking
Conditional
Present
I
would backtalk
you
would backtalk
he/she/it
would backtalk
we
would backtalk
you
would backtalk
they
would backtalk
Present continuous
I
would be backtalking
you
would be backtalking
he/she/it
would be backtalking
we
would be backtalking
you
would be backtalking
they
would be backtalking
Perfect
I
would have backtalked
you
would have backtalked
he/she/it
would have backtalked
we
would have backtalked
you
would have backtalked
they
would have backtalked
Perfect continuous
I
would have been backtalking
you
would have been backtalking
he/she/it
would have been backtalking
we
would have been backtalking
you
would have been backtalking
they
would have been backtalking
Subjunctive
Present
that I
backtalk
that you
backtalk
that he/she/it
backtalk
that we
backtalk
that you
backtalk
that they
backtalk
Past
if I
backtalked
if you
backtalked
if he/she/it
backtalked
if we
backtalked
if you
backtalked
if they
backtalked
Imperative
Affirmative
you
backtalk
we
let's backtalk
Negative
you
don't backtalk
we
let's not backtalk
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to backtalk
Perfect infinitive
to have backtalked
Present participle / gerund
backtalking
Past participle
backtalked
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