burlar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [burˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [buɾˈlaɾ]

burlar

1. only used in es ... burlar, syntactic variant of burlar-se, infinitive of burlar-se

• bulrar, burrar

From Old Galician-Portuguese burlar (13th century), from burla (“mockery”).

• IPA^(key): /buɾˈlaɾ/

burlar (first-person singular present burlo, first-person singular preterite burlei, past participle burlado)

1. (transitive) to circumvent; to avoid

   Synonym: evitar

2. (pronominal) to mock

   Synonym: chufar

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “burlar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “burl”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “burlar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “burlar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “burlar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “burlar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “burlar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese burlar. By surface analysis, burla +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: bur‧lar

burlar (first-person singular present burlo, first-person singular preterite burlei, past participle burlado)

1. (transitive) to cheat; to swindle
2. (transitive) to circumvent, to bypass (to avoid having to follow a rule)
3. (intransitive) to mock, to ridicule [with de ‘someone/something’]

   Synonyms: troçar, zombar

From burla +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /buɾˈlaɾ/ [buɾˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bur‧lar

burlar (first-person singular present burlo, first-person singular preterite burlé, past participle burlado)

1. (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)

2. (transitive) to circumvent, to evade, to cheat

   No puedes burlar a la muerte.

   You cannot cheat death.

3. (reflexive) to make fun of, to poke fun at, to mock, to ridicule, to jeer (+ de)

   Synonyms: abuchear, mofar

4. (reflexive) to taunt, to tease (often uses de)
5. (reflexive) to scoff, to scoff at (+ de)
6. (reflexive) to deceive oneself (+ de)

• “burlar”, 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