burlarse

burlarse

► verbo pronominal

1 to mock (de, -), make fun (de, of), laugh (de, at)

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to mock

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VPR

1) (=bromear) to joke, banter

yo no me burlo — I'm serious, I'm not joking

2)

burlarse de algn — to mock sb, make fun of sb

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= sneer, deride, scoff, jeer, snicker, snigger.

Ex. 'Arnold and the others are too sensitive!' he sneered, spreading his hands in a fantastic gesture of disdain.

Ex. In future, this publishing house will explore other subjects within the popular culture sphere, including the UFO phenomenon and widely derided music genres like heavy metal, disco and rap.

Ex. Those inclined to scoff should reflect on the findings of a 1975 study of on-line users: 'Engineers, scientists, and researchers more readily accept the results of online literature searching than they do the results of manual searching' = Aquellos que sienten la inclinación de burlarse deberían reflejarse en los hallazgos de un estudio de 1975 sobre los usuarios conectados en línea: "Los ingenieros, científicos e investigadores aceptan más rápidamente los resultados de la búsqueda en línea de bibliografía especializada que los resultados de la búsqueda manual".

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. It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.

Ex. Nick then started to snigger evilly behind her back.

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* burlarse de = poke + fun at, thumb + Posesivo + nose at, make + fun of, flout, sneer at, scoff at.

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= sneer, deride, scoff, jeer, snicker, snigger.

Ex: 'Arnold and the others are too sensitive!' he sneered, spreading his hands in a fantastic gesture of disdain.

Ex: In future, this publishing house will explore other subjects within the popular culture sphere, including the UFO phenomenon and widely derided music genres like heavy metal, disco and rap.

Ex: Those inclined to scoff should reflect on the findings of a 1975 study of on-line users: 'Engineers, scientists, and researchers more readily accept the results of online literature searching than they do the results of manual searching' = Aquellos que sienten la inclinación de burlarse deberían reflejarse en los hallazgos de un estudio de 1975 sobre los usuarios conectados en línea: "Los ingenieros, científicos e investigadores aceptan más rápidamente los resultados de la búsqueda en línea de bibliografía especializada que los resultados de la búsqueda manual".

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: It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.

Ex: Nick then started to snigger evilly behind her back.

* burlarse de = poke + fun at, thumb + Posesivo + nose at, make + fun of, flout, sneer at, scoff at.

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■burlarse verbo reflexivo to mock, make fun [de, of]
'burlarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
consistente
- burlar
English:
constantly
- deride
- fun
- gibe
- jeer
- laugh at
- mock
- rib
- ridicule
- scoff
- send up
- sneer
- tease

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vpr

burlarse de to mock;

burlarse de algo/alguien to mock sth/sb, to make fun of sth/sb;

burlarse de las leyes to flout the law

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burlarse

v/r make fun (de of)

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vr

burlarse de : to make fun of, to ridicule

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burlarse vb to make fun / to tease

se burlaban del profesor they made fun of the teacher