baffer

French

Etymology

From baffe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.fe/

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Verb

baffer

1. (colloquial) to hit (on the face)

Conjugation

infinitive	simple	baffer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	baffant /ba.fɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		baffé /ba.fe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	baffe /baf/	baffes /baf/	baffe /baf/	baffons /ba.fɔ̃/	baffez /ba.fe/	baffent /baf/
	imperfect	baffais /ba.fɛ/	baffais /ba.fɛ/	baffait /ba.fɛ/	baffions /ba.fjɔ̃/	baffiez /ba.fje/	baffaient /ba.fɛ/
	past historic2	baffai /ba.fe/	baffas /ba.fa/	baffa /ba.fa/	baffâmes /ba.fam/	baffâtes /ba.fat/	baffèrent /ba.fɛʁ/
	future	bafferai /ba.fʁe/	bafferas /ba.fʁa/	baffera /ba.fʁa/	bafferons /ba.fʁɔ̃/	bafferez /ba.fʁe/	bafferont /ba.fʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bafferais /ba.fʁɛ/	bafferais /ba.fʁɛ/	bafferait /ba.fʁɛ/	bafferions /ba.fə.ʁjɔ̃/	bafferiez /ba.fə.ʁje/	bafferaient /ba.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	baffe /baf/	baffes /baf/	baffe /baf/	baffions /ba.fjɔ̃/	baffiez /ba.fje/	baffent /baf/
	imperfect2	baffasse /ba.fas/	baffasses /ba.fas/	baffât /ba.fa/	baffassions /ba.fa.sjɔ̃/	baffassiez /ba.fa.sje/	baffassent /ba.fas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	baffe /baf/	—	baffons /ba.fɔ̃/	baffez /ba.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Conjugation of baffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)