Today’s lesson covers a the verb bouffer, which is slang for “to eat”. Other translations include “to stuff yourself”, “to stuff down”, “to pig out” and “to gobble down”. The Modern French bouffer comes from Old French bufer (to blow out, inflate your cheeks).
bouffer
to eat (slang)
Pronunciation [bufe]
Bouffer – to eat (slang)
Example sentences
This first example sentence uses arrêter de + infinitive, meaning “to stop + verb”. In this sentence, arrêter is in the imperative mood, which is used for giving commands. There are two words for pig in French: Porc and cochon (both masculine).
Tu bouffes comme un porc, toi ! Arrête de manger si vite !
You’re eating like a pig! Stop eating so fast!
This sentence uses venir de + infinitive, meaning “to just + verb”. This is the passé recent (recent past tense). Les gars is slang for “guys”. Another commonly used slang term for guy is mec.
Désolé, les gars. Je viens de bouffer toute la pizza !
Sorry, guys. I just ate all the pizza!
Present tense conjugation
Bouffer is a regular ER verb. This means that it’s conjugation pattern is the same as parler when conjugated in the present tense.
Je bouffe I eat
Tu bouffes You eat (singular, informal)
Il, elle bouffe He, she eats
Nous buffons We eat
Vous buffez You eat (plural, formal)
Ils, elles bouffent They eat
Recommended course
À Moi Paris (all levels)
Related lessons
- Manger – to eat (conjugation tables)
- Rassasié – full, satisfied
- French table manners
- French slang overview
References
Word of the Day archive | Lessons by David Issokson
