burlar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
burlar
- only used in es ... burlar, syntactic variant of burlar-se, infinitive of burlar-se
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese burlar (13th century), from burla (“mockery”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
burlar (first-person singular present burlo, first-person singular preterite burlei, past participle burlado)
- (transitive) to circumvent; to avoid
- Synonym: evitar
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to mock
- Synonym: chufar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of burlar
Reintegrated conjugation of burlar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
References edit
- “burlar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “burl” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “burlar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “burlar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
- “burlar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “burlar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “burlar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese burlar. By surface analysis, burla + -ar.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bur‧lar
Verb edit
burlar (first-person singular present burlo, first-person singular preterite burlei, past participle burlado)
- (transitive) to cheat; to swindle
- (transitive) to circumvent, to bypass (to avoid having to follow a rule)
- (transitive with de) to mock, to ridicule
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of burlar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
burlar (first-person singular present burlo, first-person singular preterite burlé, past participle burlado)
- (transitive) to outwit, to outsmart, to circumvent, to trick, to deceive
- 1998, “Clandestino”, in Clandestino, performed by Manu Chao:
- Correr es mi destino
para burlar la ley
Perdido en el corazón
De la grande Babylon- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive) to circumvent, to evade, to cheat
- No puedes burlar a la muerte.
- You cannot cheat death.
- (reflexive) to make fun of, to poke fun at, to mock, to ridicule, to jeer (+ de)
- (reflexive) to taunt, to tease (often uses de)
- (reflexive) to scoff, to scoff at (+ de)
- (reflexive) to deceive oneself (+ de)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of burlar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | burlar | ||||||
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gerund | burlando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | burlado | burlada | |||||
plural | burlados | burladas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | burlo | burlastú burlásvos |
burla | burlamos | burláis | burlan | |
imperfect | burlaba | burlabas | burlaba | burlábamos | burlabais | burlaban | |
preterite | burlé | burlaste | burló | burlamos | burlasteis | burlaron | |
future | burlaré | burlarás | burlará | burlaremos | burlaréis | burlarán | |
conditional | burlaría | burlarías | burlaría | burlaríamos | burlaríais | burlarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | burle | burlestú burlésvos2 |
burle | burlemos | burléis | burlen | |
imperfect (ra) |
burlara | burlaras | burlara | burláramos | burlarais | burlaran | |
imperfect (se) |
burlase | burlases | burlase | burlásemos | burlaseis | burlasen | |
future1 | burlare | burlares | burlare | burláremos | burlareis | burlaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | burlatú burlávos |
burle | burlemos | burlad | burlen | ||
negative | no burles | no burle | no burlemos | no burléis | no burlen |
Selected combined forms of burlar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Conjugation of burlarse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “burlar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014