bouffer

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French bouffer, originally "to puff up," from Medieval Latin buffa, itself echoic of puffing out cheeks.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.fe/
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Verb

bouffer

  1. (colloquial, transitive, intransitive) to eat
    Synonyms: manger, becter
    J’ai la dalle, j’ai pas encore bouffé. ― I'm famished, I haven't eaten yet.
  2. (colloquial, transitive, figuratively) to eat, to worry
    Synonym: ronger
    Tous ces problèmes avec ma femme, ça me bouffe. ― All these problems with my wife are eating away at me
  3. (colloquial, transitive) to consume in excess
    Cette bagnole bouffe quinze litres aux cent facilement. ― This car gobbles fifteen liters per hundred (kilometres) easily.
  4. (colloquial, transitive) to bash (criticise harshly)
    Ce soir, on va bouffer du curé. ― Tonight, we will chew up the priest.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bouffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple bouffer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bouffant
/bu.fɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle bouffé
/bu.fe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present bouffe
/buf/ 		bouffes
/buf/ 		bouffe
/buf/ 		bouffons
/bu.fɔ̃/ 		bouffez
/bu.fe/ 		bouffent
/buf/
imperfect bouffais
/bu.fɛ/ 		bouffais
/bu.fɛ/ 		bouffait
/bu.fɛ/ 		bouffions
/bu.fjɔ̃/ 		bouffiez
/bu.fje/ 		bouffaient
/bu.fɛ/
past historic2 bouffai
/bu.fe/ 		bouffas
/bu.fa/ 		bouffa
/bu.fa/ 		bouffâmes
/bu.fam/ 		bouffâtes
/bu.fat/ 		bouffèrent
/bu.fɛʁ/
future boufferai
/bu.fʁe/ 		boufferas
/bu.fʁa/ 		bouffera
/bu.fʁa/ 		boufferons
/bu.fʁɔ̃/ 		boufferez
/bu.fʁe/ 		boufferont
/bu.fʁɔ̃/
conditional boufferais
/bu.fʁɛ/ 		boufferais
/bu.fʁɛ/ 		boufferait
/bu.fʁɛ/ 		boufferions
/bu.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		boufferiez
/bu.fə.ʁje/ 		boufferaient
/bu.fʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present bouffe
/buf/ 		bouffes
/buf/ 		bouffe
/buf/ 		bouffions
/bu.fjɔ̃/ 		bouffiez
/bu.fje/ 		bouffent
/buf/
imperfect2 bouffasse
/bu.fas/ 		bouffasses
/bu.fas/ 		bouffât
/bu.fa/ 		bouffassions
/bu.fa.sjɔ̃/ 		bouffassiez
/bu.fa.sje/ 		bouffassent
/bu.fas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bouffe
/buf/ 		— bouffons
/bu.fɔ̃/ 		bouffez
/bu.fe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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