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afistoler

to ornament or embellish; to dress up

Usage

Afistoler (also spelled affistoler) means to dress someone up or decorate something in a fussy, tasteless, or old-fashioned way, or to patch something up hastily to make it presentable. Today the related form raffistoler (to patch up, jury-rig) is far more commonly heard than afistoler itself.

Examples
  • Elle s'était afistolée d'une robe démodée pour l'occasion.She'd dressed herself up in an old-fashioned dress for the occasion.
  • Il a afistolé la vieille étagère avec de la peinture dorée.He tackily decorated the old shelf with gold paint.
  • Ce terme vieilli survit surtout dans raffistoler, plus courant.This dated term survives mostly in raffistoler, which is more common.
Common mistake

Learners who've heard raffistoler (to jury-rig, patch up) assume afistoler means the same thing — afistoler is really about dressing up gaudily or tastelessly; the fix-it-hastily sense lives mainly in raffistoler today.

Simple tenses

Present

jeafistole
tuafistoles
il/elleafistole
nousafistolons
vousafistolez
ils/ellesafistolent

Imperfect

jeafistolais
tuafistolais
il/elleafistolait
nousafistolions
vousafistoliez
ils/ellesafistolaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jeafistolai
tuafistolas
il/elleafistola
nousafistolâmes
vousafistolâtes
ils/ellesafistolèrent

Future

jeafistolerai
tuafistoleras
il/elleafistolera
nousafistolerons
vousafistolerez
ils/ellesafistoleront

Conditional

jeafistolerais
tuafistolerais
il/elleafistolerait
nousafistolerions
vousafistoleriez
ils/ellesafistoleraient

Subjunctive

jeafistole
tuafistoles
il/elleafistole
nousafistolions
vousafistoliez
ils/ellesafistolent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jeafistolasse
tuafistolasses
il/elleafistolât
nousafistolassions
vousafistolassiez
ils/ellesafistolassent

Imperative

tuafistole
nousafistolons
vousafistolez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

jeai afistolé
tuas afistolé
il/ellea afistolé
nousavons afistolé
vousavez afistolé
ils/ellesont afistolé

Plus-que-parfait

jeavais afistolé
tuavais afistolé
il/elleavait afistolé
nousavions afistolé
vousaviez afistolé
ils/ellesavaient afistolé

Passé antérieur

jeeus afistolé
tueus afistolé
il/elleeut afistolé
nouseûmes afistolé
vouseûtes afistolé
ils/elleseurent afistolé

Futur antérieur

jeaurai afistolé
tuauras afistolé
il/elleaura afistolé
nousaurons afistolé
vousaurez afistolé
ils/ellesauront afistolé

Conditionnel passé

jeaurais afistolé
tuaurais afistolé
il/elleaurait afistolé
nousaurions afistolé
vousauriez afistolé
ils/ellesauraient afistolé

Subjonctif passé

jeaie afistolé
tuaies afistolé
il/elleait afistolé
nousayons afistolé
vousayez afistolé
ils/ellesaient afistolé

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

jeeusse afistolé
tueusses afistolé
il/elleeût afistolé
nouseussions afistolé
vouseussiez afistolé
ils/elleseussent afistolé

Impératif passé

tuaie afistolé
nousayons afistolé
vousayez afistolé

Other

Present participle

afistolant

Past participle

afistolé

Infinitive

afistoler

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Frequently asked questions

What does "afistoler" mean?

"afistoler" means "to ornament or embellish; to dress up".

How do you conjugate "afistoler" in the present tense?

The present of "afistoler" is: je afistole, tu afistoles, il/elle afistole, nous afistolons, vous afistolez, ils/elles afistolent.

What is the Passé composé of "afistoler"?

The passé composé of "afistoler" is: je ai afistolé, tu as afistolé, il/elle a afistolé, nous avons afistolé, vous avez afistolé, ils/elles ont afistolé.

What is the Imperative of "afistoler"?

The imperative of "afistoler" is: tu afistole, nous afistolons, vous afistolez.