burla

See also: burlá

Irish

Noun

burla m (genitive singular burla, nominative plural burlaí)

  1. bundle, roll, bale, plug, sheaf
  2. burly person
  3. lumpish, unsociable, person

Declension

Derived terms

  • burláil (“bundle, roll together, bale”, transitive verb)
  • burlaíocht (“(act of) bundling; rolling about, wrestling; lumpishness”)
  • burlaire (“baler”)
  • burlóg (“small bundle”)
  • burlamán (“burly, lumpish, person”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
burla bhurla mburla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin *burrula[1], diminutive of Late Latin burra (“nonsense, trickery”, literally “flock of wool”), possibly through the intermediate of Spanish burla[2].

Noun

burla f (plural burle)

  1. trick, prank, frolic, joke

Derived terms

Verb

burla

  1. third-person singular present indicative of burlare
  2. second-person singular imperative of burlare

References

Ladino

Noun

burla f (Latin spelling)

  1. joke

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish burla, of unknown origin.

Noun

burla f (plural burlas)

  1. fraud
  2. mockery
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

burla

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of burlar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of burlar

Spanish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈburla/

Noun

burla f (plural burlas)

  1. mockery, taunt, ridicule
  2. prank

Derived terms

Verb

burla

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of burlar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of burlar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of burlar.
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