raffoler

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ affoler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.fɔ.le/

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Verb

raffoler

1. (informal, intransitive) to be mad (about); to be crazy (for) (have a big passion for)

   Il raffole de toi.

   He's crazy about you.

Conjugation

Conjugation of raffoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	raffoler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	raffolant /ʁa.fɔ.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		raffolé /ʁa.fɔ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	raffole /ʁa.fɔl/	raffoles /ʁa.fɔl/	raffole /ʁa.fɔl/	raffolons /ʁa.fɔ.lɔ̃/	raffolez /ʁa.fɔ.le/	raffolent /ʁa.fɔl/
	imperfect	raffolais /ʁa.fɔ.lɛ/	raffolais /ʁa.fɔ.lɛ/	raffolait /ʁa.fɔ.lɛ/	raffolions /ʁa.fɔ.ljɔ̃/	raffoliez /ʁa.fɔ.lje/	raffolaient /ʁa.fɔ.lɛ/
	past historic2	raffolai /ʁa.fɔ.le/	raffolas /ʁa.fɔ.la/	raffola /ʁa.fɔ.la/	raffolâmes /ʁa.fɔ.lam/	raffolâtes /ʁa.fɔ.lat/	raffolèrent /ʁa.fɔ.lɛʁ/
	future	raffolerai /ʁa.fɔl.ʁe/	raffoleras /ʁa.fɔl.ʁa/	raffolera /ʁa.fɔl.ʁa/	raffolerons /ʁa.fɔl.ʁɔ̃/	raffolerez /ʁa.fɔl.ʁe/	raffoleront /ʁa.fɔl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	raffolerais /ʁa.fɔl.ʁɛ/	raffolerais /ʁa.fɔl.ʁɛ/	raffolerait /ʁa.fɔl.ʁɛ/	raffolerions /ʁa.fɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	raffoleriez /ʁa.fɔ.lə.ʁje/	raffoleraient /ʁa.fɔl.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	raffole /ʁa.fɔl/	raffoles /ʁa.fɔl/	raffole /ʁa.fɔl/	raffolions /ʁa.fɔ.ljɔ̃/	raffoliez /ʁa.fɔ.lje/	raffolent /ʁa.fɔl/
	imperfect2	raffolasse /ʁa.fɔ.las/	raffolasses /ʁa.fɔ.las/	raffolât /ʁa.fɔ.la/	raffolassions /ʁa.fɔ.la.sjɔ̃/	raffolassiez /ʁa.fɔ.la.sje/	raffolassent /ʁa.fɔ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	raffole /ʁa.fɔl/	—	raffolons /ʁa.fɔ.lɔ̃/	raffolez /ʁa.fɔ.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).

Further reading

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