burla

(Anglès)

burlar

  1. (transitive) to outwit, to outsmart, to circumvent, to trick, to deceive
  2. (transitive) to circumvent, to evade, to cheat
  3. (reflexive) to make fun of, to poke fun at, to mock, to ridicule, to jeer (+ de)
  4. (reflexive) to taunt, to tease (often uses de)
  5. (reflexive) to scoff, to scoff at (+ de)
  6. (reflexive) to deceive oneself (+ de)

Freqüència

C1
Amb guionet com a
bur‧la
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈbuɾla/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

Uncertain. The Real Academia Española suggests Vulgar Latin *burrula, from burrae, from Late Latin burra (“trifles; nonsense, trickery”) (compare, however, borla, which would be a doublet). Also see Italian burla. Possibly a cognate with English bureau.

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