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1 burla
f.1 taunt.hacer burla de to mock2 joke.3 trick.4 mockery, banter, chaffing, jeer.5 ridicule, taunt.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: burlar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: burlar.* * *1 (mofa) mockery, gibe2 (broma) joke3 (engaño) deception, trick\en son de burla in fun, tongue in cheekentre burlas y veras half-jokingly* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=mofa) gibe, taunthacer burla de algn — to make fun of sb, mock sb
hace burla de todo — he makes fun of o mocks everything
2) (=broma) jokede burlas — in fun, tongue in cheek
* * *a) ( mofa)todos le hacen la burla — everyone makes fun of her o mocks her
b) ( atropello)esto es una burla del reglamento — this makes a mockery of the regulations
* * *= ridicule, derision, hoax, jibe, mockery, taunt, jeer, sniggering, snigger, sneer, scoff, snicker, banter.Ex. Sometimes running the gauntlet of criticism and ridicule allows an opportunity for defending oneself.Ex. The article 'To perpetuate what is derisory without derision' laments the destruction of books.Ex. This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.Ex. The article highlights her countless subtle jibes at academe.Ex. Their disparagement of female emancipation & feminism borders on mockery.Ex. Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.Ex. Members of congress paid more attention to each other than to the president, responding with partisan jeers and cheers.Ex. This comedy is full of infantile jokes and adolescent sniggering about homosexuals.Ex. The jeering sniggers of the rest made Timmy blush with shame.Ex. At most I have gotten a few sneers and a little derision for my involvement, and I certainly am not doing anything illegal.Ex. To be sure, the largest portion of the fans greeted this news with a scoff.Ex. I do this all the time, and no one's complained, and sometimes it can garner a few snickers from the audience, which is always fun.Ex. The magician, by luck or misfortune, called me onto the stage, but I slightly disrupted his act with a little banter and then played with the contents of his 'box of tricks', bringing a few laughs.----* burla de = thumbing of the nose at.* objeto de burla = object of ridicule.* * *a) ( mofa)todos le hacen la burla — everyone makes fun of her o mocks her
b) ( atropello)esto es una burla del reglamento — this makes a mockery of the regulations
* * *= ridicule, derision, hoax, jibe, mockery, taunt, jeer, sniggering, snigger, sneer, scoff, snicker, banter.Ex: Sometimes running the gauntlet of criticism and ridicule allows an opportunity for defending oneself.
Ex: The article 'To perpetuate what is derisory without derision' laments the destruction of books.Ex: This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.Ex: The article highlights her countless subtle jibes at academe.Ex: Their disparagement of female emancipation & feminism borders on mockery.Ex: Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.Ex: Members of congress paid more attention to each other than to the president, responding with partisan jeers and cheers.Ex: This comedy is full of infantile jokes and adolescent sniggering about homosexuals.Ex: The jeering sniggers of the rest made Timmy blush with shame.Ex: At most I have gotten a few sneers and a little derision for my involvement, and I certainly am not doing anything illegal.Ex: To be sure, the largest portion of the fans greeted this news with a scoff.Ex: I do this all the time, and no one's complained, and sometimes it can garner a few snickers from the audience, which is always fun.Ex: The magician, by luck or misfortune, called me onto the stage, but I slightly disrupted his act with a little banter and then played with the contents of his 'box of tricks', bringing a few laughs.* burla de = thumbing of the nose at.* objeto de burla = object of ridicule.* * *1(mofa): era objeto de las burlas de todos he was the butt of everyone's jokestodos le hacen la burla everyone makes fun of her o mocks her2(chanza, broma): lo dije en son de burla I said it tongue in cheeklo dijo entre burlas y veras he said it only half in jest o he said it half joking, half serious3(atropello): el precio de las entradas es una burla al público they're robbing people o ( colloq) ripping people off charging that much for the ticketsno le perdonaría esa burla a su confianza she would not forgive him that betrayal of her trustesto es una burla del reglamento this makes a mockery of the regulations* * *
Del verbo burlar: ( conjugate burlar)
burla es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
burla
burlar
burla sustantivo femeninoa) ( mofa):
b) ( atropello):◊ esto es una burla del reglamento this makes a mockery of the regulations
burlar ( conjugate burlar) verbo transitivo
burlarse verbo pronominal burlase de algo/algn to make fun of sth/sb
burla sustantivo femenino
1 (mofa) mockery
2 (broma) joke
♦ Locuciones: hacer burla de, to make fun of
burlar verbo transitivo
1 (engañar) to outwit
2 (esquivar) to evade
' burla' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
mueca
- refinada
- refinado
- remedar
- sorna
- vacilar
- guasa
- son
- tomadura de pelo
English:
mockery
- spoof
* * *burla nf1. [mofa] taunt;hacer burla de to mock;fue el blanco de las burlas de sus compañeros he was the butt of his colleagues' jokes;fue la burla de todo el mundo everyone made fun of her;esa sentencia es una burla a la justicia that sentence is a travesty of justice2. [broma] joke;entre burlas y veras half-jokingly3. [engaño] trick* * *f1 ( mofa) joke;hacer burla de alguien fam make fun of s.o.2 ( engaño) trick* * *burla nf1) : mockery, ridicule2) : joke, trick3)hacer burla de : to make fun of, to mock* * *burla nhacer burla de... to make fun of... -
2 burlesco
adj.burlesque, comical, caricatural, derisory.* * *► adjetivo1 burlesque, comical* * *ADJ1) (=cómico) funny, comic2) (Literat) burlesque* * *- ca adjetivoa) < género> burlesque; < espectáculo> comicb) < tono> mocking* * *= parodic, jeering, burlesque.Ex. Its parodic content hypothesizes that Noah's ark comprised the first gene pool and was the first experiment in gene technology.Ex. The jeering sniggers of the rest made Timmy blush with shame.Ex. By mixing two or more languages macaronic verse is a peculiar, rare and often burlesque form of poetry that sometimes borders on nonsense.* * *- ca adjetivoa) < género> burlesque; < espectáculo> comicb) < tono> mocking* * *= parodic, jeering, burlesque.Ex: Its parodic content hypothesizes that Noah's ark comprised the first gene pool and was the first experiment in gene technology.
Ex: The jeering sniggers of the rest made Timmy blush with shame.Ex: By mixing two or more languages macaronic verse is a peculiar, rare and often burlesque form of poetry that sometimes borders on nonsense.* * *burlesco -ca‹género› burlesque; ‹espectáculo› comic* * *
burlesco
‹ espectáculo› comic
* * *burlesco, -a adj1. [tono] jocular2. Lit burlesque* * *adj1 tono joking2 gesto rude* * *burlesco, -ca adj: burlesque, comic -
3 mofa
f.mockery.hacer mofa de to mockpres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: mofar.* * *1 mockery, derision\hacer mofa de algo/alguien to mock something/somebody* * *SF (=burla) mockery, ridiculehacer mofa de algo/algn — to scoff at sth/sb, make fun of sth/sb
* * *femenino mockeryhacer mofa DE algo/alguien — to make fun of something/somebody
en tono de mofa — mockingly, in a mocking tone
* * *= ridicule, mockery, taunt, jeer, sneer, scoff, snigger, snicker, banter.Ex. Sometimes running the gauntlet of criticism and ridicule allows an opportunity for defending oneself.Ex. Their disparagement of female emancipation & feminism borders on mockery.Ex. Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.Ex. Members of congress paid more attention to each other than to the president, responding with partisan jeers and cheers.Ex. At most I have gotten a few sneers and a little derision for my involvement, and I certainly am not doing anything illegal.Ex. To be sure, the largest portion of the fans greeted this news with a scoff.Ex. The jeering sniggers of the rest made Timmy blush with shame.Ex. I do this all the time, and no one's complained, and sometimes it can garner a few snickers from the audience, which is always fun.Ex. The magician, by luck or misfortune, called me onto the stage, but I slightly disrupted his act with a little banter and then played with the contents of his 'box of tricks', bringing a few laughs.----* mofa de = thumbing of the nose at.* * *femenino mockeryhacer mofa DE algo/alguien — to make fun of something/somebody
en tono de mofa — mockingly, in a mocking tone
* * *= ridicule, mockery, taunt, jeer, sneer, scoff, snigger, snicker, banter.Ex: Sometimes running the gauntlet of criticism and ridicule allows an opportunity for defending oneself.
Ex: Their disparagement of female emancipation & feminism borders on mockery.Ex: Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.Ex: Members of congress paid more attention to each other than to the president, responding with partisan jeers and cheers.Ex: At most I have gotten a few sneers and a little derision for my involvement, and I certainly am not doing anything illegal.Ex: To be sure, the largest portion of the fans greeted this news with a scoff.Ex: The jeering sniggers of the rest made Timmy blush with shame.Ex: I do this all the time, and no one's complained, and sometimes it can garner a few snickers from the audience, which is always fun.Ex: The magician, by luck or misfortune, called me onto the stage, but I slightly disrupted his act with a little banter and then played with the contents of his 'box of tricks', bringing a few laughs.* mofa de = thumbing of the nose at.* * *mockery hacer mofa DE algo/algn to make fun of sth/sblo dijo en tono de mofa she said it mockingly o in a mocking tonela obra es una mofa de los símbolos cristianos the play makes fun of o mocks the symbols of the Christian faith* * *
Del verbo mofarse: ( conjugate mofarse)
se mofa es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo
mofa sustantivo femenino mockery: hacen mofa de todo, they make fun of everything
' mofa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
burla
- burlón
English:
jeer
* * *mofa nfmockery;hacer mofa de algo/alguien to mock sth/sb, to make fun of sth/sb;su metedura de pata fue motivo de mofa everyone made fun of o laughed at his blunder* * *f mockery;hacer mofa de make fun of* * *mofa nf1) : mockery, ridicule2)hacer mofa de : to make fun of, to ridicule -
4 risita
f.1 feigned laugh.2 smile.3 giggle, chuckle, snicker, snigger.* * *1→ link=risilla risilla* * *= chuckle, sniggering, snigger, giggle, snicker.Ex. The director chuckled an evasive chuckle before she made answer.Ex. This comedy is full of infantile jokes and adolescent sniggering about homosexuals.Ex. The jeering sniggers of the rest made Timmy blush with shame.Ex. She certainly surpassed herself on her wedding day, with her giggles rating being sky high!.Ex. I do this all the time, and no one's complained, and sometimes it can garner a few snickers from the audience, which is always fun.----* dar risitas = giggle.* risita nerviosa = giggle.* risitas = twitters of laughter.* risita tonta = giggle.* * *= chuckle, sniggering, snigger, giggle, snicker.Ex: The director chuckled an evasive chuckle before she made answer.
Ex: This comedy is full of infantile jokes and adolescent sniggering about homosexuals.Ex: The jeering sniggers of the rest made Timmy blush with shame.Ex: She certainly surpassed herself on her wedding day, with her giggles rating being sky high!.Ex: I do this all the time, and no one's complained, and sometimes it can garner a few snickers from the audience, which is always fun.* dar risitas = giggle.* risita nerviosa = giggle.* risitas = twitters of laughter.* risita tonta = giggle.* * *risita nfgiggle* * *risita nf: giggle, titter, snicker -
5 ruborizarse de vergüenza
(v.) = blush with + shameEx. The jeering sniggers of the rest made Timmy blush with shame.* * *(v.) = blush with + shameEx: The jeering sniggers of the rest made Timmy blush with shame.
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6 sonrojarse de vergüenza
(v.) = blush with + shameEx. The jeering sniggers of the rest made Timmy blush with shame.* * *(v.) = blush with + shameEx: The jeering sniggers of the rest made Timmy blush with shame.
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