Burla in english
Derision
pronunciation: dɜrɪʒən part of speech: noun
pronunciation: dɜrɪʒən part of speech: noun
In gestures
burla = ridicule ; derision ; hoax ; jibe ; mockery ; taunt ; jeer ; sniggering ; snigger ; sneer ; scoff ; snicker ; banter ; lampoon.
Example: Sometimes running the gauntlet of criticism and ridicule allows an opportunity for defending oneself.Example: The article 'To perpetuate what is derisory without derision' laments the destruction of books.Example: This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.Example: The article highlights her countless subtle jibes at academe.Example: Their disparagement of female emancipation & feminism borders on mockery.Example: 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.Example: Members of congress paid more attention to each other than to the president, responding with partisan jeers and cheers.Example: This comedy is full of infantile jokes and adolescent sniggering about homosexuals.Example: The jeering sniggers of the rest made Timmy blush with shame.Example: At most I have gotten a few sneers and a little derision for my involvement, and I certainly am not doing anything illegal.Example: To be sure, the largest portion of the fans greeted this news with a scoff.Example: I do this all the time, and no one's complained, and sometimes it can garner a few snickers from the audience, which is always fun.Example: 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.Example: He has pointed out that 'his lampoons are not vicious or hostile; they are controlled comedies'.more:
» burla de = thumbing of the nose at .
Example: He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.» objeto de burla = object of ridicule .
Example: But once the Community becomes an object of ridicule in the minds of the public, truth falls victim to ignorance and prejudice.burlar = hoodwink ; outwit ; bilk ; outfox ; outsmart.
Example: In turn, a consequential effect is that reference librarians and scholars might end up getting hoodkwinked.Example: Two dangerous trysts are spied upon by a third and hostile party, whose presence is detected by the lovers who act in consort to outwit him.Example: With inflated prices, the nagging question was whether consumers were being bilked by the market.Example: It also led to a continuing guerilla war between the authorities and caricaturists who sought to evade, outfox, or entirely defy them.Example: Smart and speedy start-ups blindside mature companies with their inventiveness then grow up into mature companies and are outsmarted in their turn.more:
» burlar al sistema = play + the system ; abuse + the system .
Example: But by and large, medical students are sensible level-headed types who would never try to play the system when this much is at stake. Example: Not everyone using food stamps abuses the system.» burlar el sistema = beat + the system [Intentar superar las trabas impuestas por cualquier organismo considerado como un agente explotador para demostrar que el individuo puede más que la institución] ; game + the system ; work + the system .
Example: The passwords used should be chosen with some care, in order to avoid obvious words or numbers which could easily be deduced by those with a desire to 'beat the system'. Example: Doctors often 'game the system' by manipulating the organ allocation system to favor patients of their choosing. Example: At the centre of the row over the 'bonus culture' is the view that certain people are getting money for old rope -- that they're working the system and not providing good value for money.