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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

wap bafre

Do you mean bafle (bah-f-lay)?

bafre (pronounced bah-f-ray)
to beat up, to hammer, to knock somebody around.

bafle (pronounced bah-f-lay)
to stuff your face with more than necessary, to be greedy, to eat voraciously

Examples:
1.  Li bafre mesye a anba kout pwen.
     He punched the man around real good.

2.  Nou bafre lòt ekip la anba gòl.
     We hammered the other team with a lot of goals.

3.  Li te si tèlman grangou li bafle manje a san kraze.
     He was so hungry he gobbled down the food.

4.  Pran san w non!  Poukisa w'ap bafle manje a konsa?
     Take your time!  Why are stuffing your face so much?

Other Creole synonyms for bafre (to pummel, to crush) are:  bastonnen, toupizi, demanbre, toufounen, kofre, demachwele, filange, sabote

Other Creole synonyms for bafle (to glut, to overindulge) are: vale, fè voras, foulonnen, boure

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