Definition of affabuler - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

tr.

subjectivitétransformer la réalité selon sa vision personnelle

Il affabule toujours ses souvenirs d'enfance.

déformer la réalité

fantasmer

littératureorganiser la structure narrative d'un récit de fiction

L'auteur affabule son roman avec talent.

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Origin of affabuler

français, affabuler (inventer des histoires)

Examples of affabuler in a sentence

Parfois, elle affabule pour rendre l'histoire plus intéressante.
Il aime affabuler des histoires fantastiques pour ses lecteurs.
Les élèves apprennent à affabuler lors d’un atelier d’écriture.

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English:fabricate, plot, ...
German:fantasieren, eine Handlung konstruieren, ...
Italian:fantasticare, strutturare la narrazione, ...
Spanish:fantasear, estructurar una narración, ...
Portuguese:fantasiar, estruturar a narrativa, ...
Chinese:杜撰, 构建情节, ...
Japanese:脚色する, 構成する, ...
Arabic:اختلق القصص, حبك, ...
Hebrew:לְעַצֵּב עֲלִילָה, ...
Russian:выдумывать, выстраивать фабулу, ...
Ukrainian:вигадувати, будувати сюжет, ...
Catalan:fantasiejar, tramar, ...
Danish:fordreje, opbygge, ...
Dutch:verzinnen, de verhaallijn opbouwen, ...
Greek:παραμυθιάζω, σχεδιάζω την πλοκή, ...
Hungarian:kiszínezni, megformálni, ...
Khmer:និយាយបំផ្លើស, បង្កើតរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធនិទានរឿង, ...
Korean:각색하다, 이야기를 구성하다, ...
Polish:zmyślać, budować fabułę, ...
Portuguese (BR):fantasiar, estruturar, ...
Romanian:a fabula, a construi intriga, ...
Swedish:fabulera, utforma, ...
Thai:แต่งเรื่อง, วางโครงเรื่อง, ...
Turkish:uydurmak, kurgu oluşturmak, ...
Vietnamese:bịa đặt, xây dựng cốt truyện, ...

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affabulatrice

affacturage

affacturage à l'importation

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