차오르다 Korean verb conjugation

liquid rises/swells up

Every form of 차오르다 across the four speech levels. It is 르 irregular — 르 doubles its ㄹ and takes 아/어: 모르다 → 몰라요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
차오르는
아/어Infinitive
차올라
-으니Since
차오르니
합니다Formal
차오릅니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 차올라요차오릅니다차올라차오른다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 차올랐어요차올랐습니다차올랐어차올랐다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 차오르겠어요차오르겠습니다차오르겠어차오르겠다
-을 것이다Going to 차오를 거예요차오를 것입니다차오를 거야차오를 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 차올라요?차오릅니까?차올라?차오르니?
과거Past 차올랐어요?차올랐습니까?차올랐어?차올랐니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 차오르세요차오르십시오차올라차올라라
청유Let's 차올라요차오릅시다차올라차오르자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 차올라요안 차오릅니다안 차올라안 차오른다
-지 않다Not (long) 차오르지 않아요차오르지 않습니다차오르지 않아차오르지 않는다
Cannot 못 차올라요못 차오릅니다못 차올라못 차오른다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 차오르세요차오르십니다차오르셔차오르신다
과거Past 차오르셨어요차오르셨습니다차오르셨어차오르셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
차오르는
과거Past
차오른
미래Future
차오를
회상Used to
차오르던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
차오르고
-게-ly / so that
차오르게
-어서so / and then
차올라서
-으니까since
차오르니까
-으면if / when
차오르면
-지만but
차오르지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
차오르는데
-어도even if
차올라도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 차오르고 있어요차오르고 있습니다차오르고 있어차오르고 있다
과거Was doing 차오르고 있었어요차오르고 있었습니다차오르고 있었어차오르고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

숨이 턱까지 차올랐을 때, 저는 감사함을 느낍니다.

And they bring me to my knees, because I feel so grateful.

파라이는 그녀의 눈이 눈물로 차오름과 동시에

Farai begins, her eyes swelling with tears.

이 방을 나설 때 눈가에 눈물이 차오르는 것을 느꼈어요.

When we left the room, I could feel my eyes welling up with tears.

물이 너무 빠르게 차오르더라고요

The car started filling up with water so fast.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 차오르다 in Korean?

차오르다 (liquid rises/swells up) is 차올라요 in the polite 해요체, 차오릅니다 in formal 합니다체, 차올라 in casual 반말 and 차오른다 in the plain written style. The past is 차올랐어요.

What is the past tense of 차오르다?

차올랐어요 in everyday polite speech, 차올랐습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 차올라 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 차오르다 irregular?

Yes — it is 르 irregular (르 불규칙). 르 doubles its ㄹ and takes 아/어: 모르다 → 몰라요. That is why the stem looks different in 차올라 and 차오르니 but unchanged in 차오릅니다.

What TOPIK level is 차오르다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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