rafistoler

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ afistoler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.fis.tɔ.le/

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Verb

rafistoler

1. (transitive) to bodge, patch up

Conjugation

Conjugation of rafistoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	rafistoler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rafistolant /ʁa.fis.tɔ.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		rafistolé /ʁa.fis.tɔ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	rafistole /ʁa.fis.tɔl/	rafistoles /ʁa.fis.tɔl/	rafistole /ʁa.fis.tɔl/	rafistolons /ʁa.fis.tɔ.lɔ̃/	rafistolez /ʁa.fis.tɔ.le/	rafistolent /ʁa.fis.tɔl/
	imperfect	rafistolais /ʁa.fis.tɔ.lɛ/	rafistolais /ʁa.fis.tɔ.lɛ/	rafistolait /ʁa.fis.tɔ.lɛ/	rafistolions /ʁa.fis.tɔ.ljɔ̃/	rafistoliez /ʁa.fis.tɔ.lje/	rafistolaient /ʁa.fis.tɔ.lɛ/
	past historic2	rafistolai /ʁa.fis.tɔ.le/	rafistolas /ʁa.fis.tɔ.la/	rafistola /ʁa.fis.tɔ.la/	rafistolâmes /ʁa.fis.tɔ.lam/	rafistolâtes /ʁa.fis.tɔ.lat/	rafistolèrent /ʁa.fis.tɔ.lɛʁ/
	future	rafistolerai /ʁa.fis.tɔl.ʁe/	rafistoleras /ʁa.fis.tɔl.ʁa/	rafistolera /ʁa.fis.tɔl.ʁa/	rafistolerons /ʁa.fis.tɔl.ʁɔ̃/	rafistolerez /ʁa.fis.tɔl.ʁe/	rafistoleront /ʁa.fis.tɔl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	rafistolerais /ʁa.fis.tɔl.ʁɛ/	rafistolerais /ʁa.fis.tɔl.ʁɛ/	rafistolerait /ʁa.fis.tɔl.ʁɛ/	rafistolerions /ʁa.fis.tɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	rafistoleriez /ʁa.fis.tɔ.lə.ʁje/	rafistoleraient /ʁa.fis.tɔl.ʁɛ/
(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	rafistole /ʁa.fis.tɔl/	rafistoles /ʁa.fis.tɔl/	rafistole /ʁa.fis.tɔl/	rafistolions /ʁa.fis.tɔ.ljɔ̃/	rafistoliez /ʁa.fis.tɔ.lje/	rafistolent /ʁa.fis.tɔl/
	imperfect2	rafistolasse /ʁa.fis.tɔ.las/	rafistolasses /ʁa.fis.tɔ.las/	rafistolât /ʁa.fis.tɔ.la/	rafistolassions /ʁa.fis.tɔ.la.sjɔ̃/	rafistolassiez /ʁa.fis.tɔ.la.sje/	rafistolassent /ʁa.fis.tɔ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	rafistole /ʁa.fis.tɔl/	—	rafistolons /ʁa.fis.tɔ.lɔ̃/	rafistolez /ʁa.fis.tɔ.le/	—
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).

Derived terms

• rafistolage

Further reading

• “rafistoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.