guasa

f.

1 humor (gracia).

estar de guasa to be joking

2 joking, jocularity, mocking.

3 joke, persiflage, jest, banter.

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guasa

► nombre femenino

1 jest, fun, mockery

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FRASEOLOGÍA

con guasa jokingly

■ le dijo con guasa que era muy simpático she jokingly told him that he was very nice

estar de guasa to be joking

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SF

1) (=chanza) joking, teasing, kidding *

con o de guasa — jokingly, in fun

estar de guasa — to be joking o kidding

sonreírse con guasa — to smile jokingly

tomarse algo a guasa — to take sth as a joke

no tengo ganas de guasa — I'm not in the mood for jokes

2) (=sosería) dullness, insipidness

3) CAm (=suerte) luck

guaso

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femenino

1) (fam) (broma, burla) joke

de guasa — as a joke

no te lo tomes a guasa — it's no joke, it's no laughing matter

2) (Col) (arandela) washer

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= joking, teasing, banter.

Ex. In some instance the joking or teasing is only verbal, in others it includes horseplay; in some it includes elments of obscenity, it others not.

Ex. In some instances the joking or teasing is only verbal, in others it includes horseplay; in some it includes elments of obscenity, it others not.

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.

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* de guasa = teasingly.

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femenino

1) (fam) (broma, burla) joke

de guasa — as a joke

no te lo tomes a guasa — it's no joke, it's no laughing matter

2) (Col) (arandela) washer

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= joking, teasing, banter.

Ex: In some instance the joking or teasing is only verbal, in others it includes horseplay; in some it includes elments of obscenity, it others not.

Ex: In some instances the joking or teasing is only verbal, in others it includes horseplay; in some it includes elments of obscenity, it others not.

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.

* de guasa = teasingly.

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guasa

feminine

A (fam) (broma, burla) joke

me lo dijo de guasa she said it as a joke o in jest

siempre está de guasa he's always kidding o joking around (colloq)

no te lo tomes a guasa it's no joke, it's no laughing matter

tener guasa (fam); to be annoying

B (Col) (arandela) washer

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guasa sustantivo femenino (fam) (broma, burla) joke;

◊ de guasa as a joke;

no te lo tomes a guasa it's no joke, it's no laughing matter
guasa sustantivo femenino mockery

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guasa nf

1. Fam [burla, broma]

lo dijo con guasa he was joking;

estar de guasa to be joking;

parece que has venido con ganas de guasa it looks like you're in the mood for having a laugh;

tomarse algo a guasa to treat sth as a joke

2. Cuba, Méx, Ven [pez] jewfish

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guasa

f L.Am.

joke;

de guasa as a joke

guaso

I adj S.Am.

rude

II m, guasa f Chi

peasant

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guasa nf, fam

1) : joking, fooling around

2)

de guasa : in jest, as a joke