burlesco

Italian

Etymology

From burla (“joke”) +‎ -esco (“-like”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /burˈles.ko/
  • Rhymes: -esko
  • Hyphenation: bur‧lé‧sco

Adjective

burlesco (feminine burlesca, masculine plural burleschi, feminine plural burlesche)

  1. jesting
  2. (relational) burlesque

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → French: burlesque
    • → English: burlesque
    • → German: burlesk
    • → Romanian: burlesc
    • → Turkish: burlesk
  • → Portuguese: burlesco

Further reading

  • burlesco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian burlesco.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /buʁˈles.ku/ [buɦˈles.ku]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /buɾˈles.ku/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /buʁˈleʃ.ku/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /buɻˈles.ko/

  • Hyphenation: bur‧les‧co

Adjective

burlesco (feminine burlesca, masculine plural burlescos, feminine plural burlescas)

  1. comic, farcical

References

  1. ^ “burlesco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “burlesco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Adjective

burlesco (feminine burlesca, masculine plural burlescos, feminine plural burlescas)

  1. teasing, mocking

Noun

burlesco m (plural burlescos)

  1. burlesque

Further reading

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