Definition of bafouiller - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

intr.

élocutionparler de façon confuse et hésitante

Il bafouille toujours quand il est nerveux devant le public.

balbutier

bredouiller

erreurse tromper en répondant à une question

L'étudiant a bafouillé lors de l'interrogation orale de mathématiques.

se tromper

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Origin of bafouiller

ancien français, bafouiller (to stammer)

Examples of bafouiller in a sentence

Les enfants bafouillent souvent en récitant leur poème.
Il a commencé à bafouiller en cherchant ses mots devant la classe.
Sous la pression, elle a bafouillé une réponse confuse.

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English:stammer, flub, ...
German:stammeln, sich verhaspeln, ...
Italian:balbettare, confondersi nel rispondere, ...
Spanish:balbucear, dudar, ...
Portuguese:balbuciar, baralhar-se, ...
Chinese:结结巴巴地说, 答错, ...
Japanese:どもる, 言い間違える, ...
Arabic:تلعثم, أخطأ, ...
Hebrew:לְגַמְגֵּם, לִטְעוֹת, ...
Russian:бормотать, запинаться, ...
Ukrainian:бурмотіти, запнутися, ...
Catalan:balbucejar, confondre's, ...
Danish:stamme, fejlsvare, ...
Dutch:mompelen, ...
Greek:μουρμουρίζω, μπερδεύομαι στην απάντηση, ...
Hungarian:dadogni, belezavarodni a válaszába, ...
Khmer:និយាយរដិបរដុប, រអាក់រអួល, ...
Korean:더듬거리다, 버벅거리다, ...
Polish:bełkotać, zająknąć się, ...
Portuguese (BR):gaguejar, titubear, ...
Romanian:a bâlbâi, a se încurca, ...
Swedish:fumla på orden, svara fel, ...
Thai:พูดตะกุกตะกัก, ตอบตะกุกตะกัก, ...
Turkish:kekelemek, bocalamak, ...
Vietnamese:lắp bắp, trả lời lúng túng, ...

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