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empiffrer

to stuff oneself

verb ahm-pee-FREH Rare
Food & Drink Cooking

Also means

to gorge

Usage Note

Empiffrer is informal and almost always used reflexively: s'empiffrer ('to stuff one's face'). It implies eating excessively and greedily, and carries a slightly comic or disapproving tone. Synonyms in informal French include se goinfrer and se baffrer. Avoid in formal writing.

Examples

"Les enfants se sont empiffrés de bonbons à la fête."

Natural Translation

The children stuffed themselves with sweets at the party.

Literal Translation

the children themselves stuffed with sweets at the party

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