la burla

mockery, ridicule, joke, sham

ˈb u ɾ l a

burl to make fun of, to mock + a Feminine singular

noun · feminine Rare #52,324

mockery, ridicule Often used in the phrase hacer burla de alguien: to make fun of someone.

SP: No te burles de él; la burla puede hacer daño.

EN: Don't make fun of him; mockery can hurt.

joke, sham Can describe something so bad or unfair that it seems ridiculous or not genuine.

SP: La reunión fue una burla: nadie escuchó nuestras ideas.

EN: The meeting was a sham: nobody listened to our ideas.

Declension of burla

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I will not stay a minute to be part of this mockery.

— Hamnet (2025)

The problem is the mockery from the street.

— गल्ली बॉय (2019)

Why did he make fun of him?

— La historia oficial (1985)

It's a joke.

— No (2012)

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