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burla

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nounfeminine
  1. mockery, taunt, ridicule
  2. prank

Forms

noun

singularburla
pluralburlas

Used in the library

  • La nadadora no hace caso de la burla de la rival.The swimmer ignores her rival's mockery.B2Una vez más (4) — Once more (4) (B2)
  • Los hinchas del Atlético soportan la burla de los del Madrid.The Atlético fans put up with the mockery of the Madrid ones.B2Otra vez, por favor (15) — Once more, please (15) (B2)
  • Los niños hacían burla del nuevo porque hablaba con acento de Madrid.The children made fun of the new boy because he spoke with a Madrid accent.B2Otra vez, por favor (2) — Once more, please (2) (B2)
  • Leído hoy, el poema es también un documento incómodo: los indios son "salvajes" y los negros, objeto de burla, y esa mirada es la del Estado que Hernández criticaba, no solo la de su personaje.Read today, the poem is also an uncomfortable document: the Indians are "savages" and black people the butt of jokes, and that gaze is that of the state Hernández criticised, not only that of his character.C1Martín Fierro

Other ways to say it

  • bromajoke, prank, practical joke; banter (plural)

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