affaler

afale

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Definition of affaler - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

tr.

réduction

Rare

diminuer beaucoup quelque chose

Rare

Cette crise a affalé les profits de l'entreprise.

diminuer fortement

réduire

voile

TECH.

baisser une voile sur un navire

TECH.

L'équipage affale les voiles avant d'entrer au port.

abaisser

baisser

cordage

TECH.

faire descendre un cordage ou une corde sur un bateau

TECH.

Le marin affale le cordage pour le faire passer dans la poulie.

descendre

laisser filer

navigation

TECH.

pousser un bateau vers la côte en parlant du vent

TECH.

Le vent violent affale le navire vers les rochers.

rabattre

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Origin of affaler

néerlandais, afhalen (faire descendre)

Terms with affaler included in their meaning

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panne sèche

navigation

manœuvre nautique consistant à affaler les voiles pour arrêter

se vautrer

mauvaise posture

s'affaler de manière peu élégante sur quelque chose

Examples of affaler in a sentence

La concurrence a affalé les ventes du produit phare.
Il faut affaler la grand-voile avant la tempête.
Le capitaine ordonne d’affaler rapidement toutes les voiles.
Il faut affaler la voile avant la tempête.
Le capitaine ordonne d’affaler le pavillon.
Un coup de vent a affalé le voilier sur la plage.

La tempête affale les embarcations vers la côte.

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English:slash, lower, ...
German:stark verringern, bergen, ...
Italian:abbattere, ammainare, ...
Spanish:reducir drásticamente, arriar, ...
Portuguese:reduzir drasticamente, arriar, ...
Chinese:大幅削减, 收帆, ...
Japanese:大幅に減らす, 帆を下ろす, ...
Arabic:قلّل, أنزل, ...
Hebrew:לְהַפְחִית בְּהַרְבֵּה, לְהַרְדִּים, ...
Russian:сильно уменьшить, спускать, ...
Ukrainian:значно зменшити, спускати вітрило, ...
Catalan:enfonsar, baixar, ...
Danish:nedbringe, fire, ...
Dutch:kelderen, strijken, ...
Greek:καταβαραθρώνω, κατεβάζω το πανί, ...
Hungarian:jelentősen csökkenteni, leengedni a vitorlát, ...
Khmer:ធ្វើឱ្យធ្លាក់ចុះ, បន្ថយក្ដោង, ...
Korean:크게 줄이다, 돛을 내리다, ...
Polish:obniżyć, opuścić żagiel, ...
Portuguese (BR):derrubar, arriar, ...
Romanian:a reduce drastic, a coborî vela, ...
Swedish:sänka, hala ner, ...
Thai:ลดฮวบ, ลดใบเรือลง, ...
Turkish:çok azaltmak, yelken indirmek, ...
Vietnamese:làm sụt giảm mạnh, hạ buồm, ...

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