burla

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbur.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbuɾ.la]

burla f (plural burles)

1. mockery, taunt, ridicule

• burlar-se

• “burla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “burla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “burla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “burla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Unknown. From Old Galician-Portuguese burla (13th century, earliest attestation of this word); probably from Paleo-Hispanic.^[1] Cognate with Portuguese burla, Spanish burla, Catalan burla.

• bulra, burra

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuɾla̝/

burla m (plural burlas)

1. mockery, joke

   Synonyms: chacota, moca

   • 1460, Rui Vasques, edited by J. A. Souto Cabo, Crónica de Santa María de Iria, page 93:

     porque a memoria da Eglleia de Yria he Ja quasy perdida, porende eu, querendo a alguũ tanto tornar a memoria dos que nõ saben nẽ creen Ja que fose obispado -ante o han por bulrra-

     because the memory of the Church of Iria is almost lost, then I, wanting to bring back this remembrance to those than don't know and no longer believe that Iria was a bishopric -they even take this for a joke-

2. fraud

   Synonyms: engano, fraude

   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago., Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 180:

     chegou a Panpelona et acaeçeu que lle morreu a moller y, et hũ ospede mao cõ que pousaua tomoulle quanto tragia por bulrra, et viose desanparado

     he arrived to Pamplona, and it happened that his wife died there, and a mean guest with whom he was staying took everything he was carrying using a fraud, and he found himself helpless

• burlador
• burlar

• burlesco

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “burla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bulrr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bulra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “burla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “burla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

burla

1. inflection of burlar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Compare Old French burle. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠuːrˠl̪ˠə/

burla m (genitive singular burla, nominative plural burlaí)

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

• burlamán (“burly, lumpish, person”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “burla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “burla”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “burla”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈbur.la/
• Rhymes: -urla
• Hyphenation: bùr‧la

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] (unless itself comes instead from Italian).

burla f (plural burle)

1. trick, prank, frolic, joke

• burlare
• burlesco

• borra

burla

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

burla f

1. joke

• burlarse

• Hyphenation: bur‧la

Borrowed from Spanish burla, of unknown origin.

burla f (plural burlas)

1. fraud
2. mockery

• burlar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

burla

1. inflection of burlar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuɾla/ [ˈbuɾ.la]
• Rhymes: -uɾla
• Syllabification: bur‧la

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. Possibly a cognate with English bureau.

burla f (plural burlas)

1. mockery, taunt, ridicule
2. prank

   Synonym: broma

• →? Catalan: burla
• →? Galician: burla
• →? Italian: burla
• →? Portuguese: burla

burla

1. inflection of burlar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “burla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

burla

1. two

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