barbouiller

barbouiller [baʀbuje]

➭ TABLE 1 transitive verb

   a. ( = couvrir, salir) to smear (de with) to cover (de with, in)

• il a le visage tout barbouillé de chocolat his face is covered in chocolate

   b. (pejorative = peindre) [+ mur] to daub paint on

   c. (pejorative = écrire, dessiner) to scribble

• barbouiller du papier to cover a piece of paper with scribbles

   d. être barbouillé (inf) avoir l'estomac barbouillé (inf) to feel queasy

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baʀbuje
1.

verbe transitif

1) (salir) to smear (de with)

il est tout barbouillé — his face is all dirty

2) (couvrir) to daub (de with)

3) pej (peindre)

barbouiller des natures mortes — to do daubs of still lives péj

barbouiller du papier — to write drivel péj

4) (rendre malade)

être or se sentir barbouillé — to feel queasy

2.

se barbouiller verbe pronominal (se salir)

se barbouiller le visage de quelque chose — to get one's face all covered in something

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baʀbuje vt

1) (de peinture) to daub

Les murs étaient barbouillés de graffitis. — The walls were daubed with graffiti.

2) péjoratif (= écrire, dessiner) to scribble

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barbouiller verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 (salir) to smear (de with); barbouiller son visage/un meuble de qch to get sth all over one's face/a piece of furniture, to smear one's face/a piece of furniture with sth; il est tout barbouillé his face is all dirty; il est tout barbouillé de confiture his face is all smeared with jam;

2 (couvrir) to daub [surface, support] (de with); barbouiller un plafond/une porte de peinture verte to slap green paint on a ceiling/a door, to daub a ceiling/a door with green paint; barbouiller un pont d'inscriptions to daub graffiti all over a bridge;

3 (peindre) pej barbouiller des natures mortes/des paysages to do daubs of still lives/landscapes péj; barbouiller du papier to write drivel péj;

4 (rendre malade) cela barbouille l'estomac it makes you feel queasy; être or se sentir barbouillé to feel queasy.

B se barbouiller vpr (se salir) se barbouiller le visage/le corps de qch to get one's face/body all covered in sth, to smear one's face/body with sth.

[barbuje] verbe transitif

1. [salir]

son menton était barbouillé de confiture his chin was smeared with jam

2. [peindre] to daub

barbouiller des toiles to mess about ou around with paint

barbouiller quelque chose de peinture to slap paint on something, to daub something with paint

3. [gribouiller] to scrawl, to scribble

il barbouille du papier

{{ind}}a. (sens propre) he's scribbling away

{{ind}}b. (figuré & péjoratif) he's just a scribbler

4. (familier) [donner la nausée à] to nauseate

avoir l'estomac ou se sentir barbouillé to feel queasy ou nauseated