burlar
Catalan
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /buɾˈla/
- (Central) IPA(key): /burˈla/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /buɾˈlaɾ/
Verb
burlar
- infintive of burlar-se
Galician
Alternative forms
- bulrar, burrar
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese burlar (13th century), from burla (“mockery”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buɾˈlaɾ/
Verb
burlar (first-person singular present burlo, first-person singular preterite burlei, past participle burlado)
- (transitive) to circumvent; to avoid
- Synonym: evitar
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to mock
- Synonym: chufar
Conjugation
Conjugation of burlar
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | burlar | |||||
| personal | burlar | burlares | burlar | burlarmos | burlardes | burlaren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| burlando | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | burlado | burlados | ||||
| feminine | burlada | burladas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | burlo | burlas | burla | burlamos | burlades | burlan |
| imperfect | burlaba | burlabas | burlaba | burlabamos | burlabades | burlaban |
| preterite | burlei | burlaches | burlou | burlamos | burlastes | burlaron |
| pluperfect | burlara | burlaras | burlara | burlaramos | burlarades | burlaran |
| future | burlarei | burlarás | burlará | burlaremos | burlaredes | burlarán |
| conditional | burlaría | burlarías | burlaría | burlariamos | burlariades | burlarían |
| Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | burle | burles | burle | burlemos | burledes | burlen |
| preterite | burlase | burlases | burlase | burlásemos | burlásedes | burlasen |
| future | burlar | burlares | burlar | burlarmos | burlardes | burlaren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | burla | burle | burlemos | burlade | burlen |
| negative | – | burles | burle | burlemos | burledes | burlen |
References
- “burlar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “burl” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “burlar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “burlar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “burlar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
From burla + -ar.
Verb
burlar (first-person singular present burlo, first-person singular preterite burlei, past participle burlado)
- (transitive) to cheat; to swindle
- (transitive) to circumvent (to avoid having to follow a rule)
- (transitive with de) to mock, to ridicule
- Synonyms: troçar, zombar
Conjugation
Conjugation of burlar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | burlar | |||||
| Personal | burlar | burlares | burlar | burlarmos | burlardes | burlarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| burlando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | burlado | burlados | ||||
| Feminine | burlada | burladas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | burlo | burlas | burla | burlamos | burlais | burlam |
| Imperfect | burlava | burlavas | burlava | burlávamos | burláveis | burlavam |
| Preterite | burlei | burlaste | burlou | burlamos1, burlámos2 | burlastes | burlaram |
| Pluperfect | burlara | burlaras | burlara | burláramos | burláreis | burlaram |
| Future | burlarei | burlarás | burlará | burlaremos | burlareis | burlarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| burlaria | burlarias | burlaria | burlaríamos | burlaríeis | burlariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | burle | burles | burle | burlemos | burleis | burlem |
| Imperfect | burlasse | burlasses | burlasse | burlássemos | burlásseis | burlassem |
| Future | burlar | burlares | burlar | burlarmos | burlardes | burlarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | burla | burle | burlemos | burlai | burlem | |
| Negative (não) | não burles | não burle | não burlemos | não burleis | não burlem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
From burla + -ar.
Verb
burlar (first-person singular present burlo, first-person singular preterite burlé, past participle burlado)
- (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 quote)
-
- (transitive) to circumvent, to evade, to cheat
- No puedes burlar a la muerte.
- You cannot cheat death.
- (reflexive) to make fun of, to poke fun at, to mock, to ridicule, to jeer (+ de)
- Synonyms: abuchear, mofar
- (reflexive) to taunt, to tease (often uses de)
- (reflexive) to scoff, to scoff at (+ de)
- (reflexive) to deceive oneself (+ de)
Conjugation
Conjugation of burlar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | burlar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | burlando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | burlado | burlada | |||||
| plural | burlados | burladas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | burlo | burlastú burlásvos | burla | burlamos | burláis | burlan | |
| imperfect | burlaba | burlabas | burlaba | burlábamos | burlabais | burlaban | |
| preterite | burlé | burlaste | burló | burlamos | burlasteis | burlaron | |
| future | burlaré | burlarás | burlará | burlaremos | burlaréis | burlarán | |
| conditional | burlaría | burlarías | burlaría | burlaríamos | burlaríais | burlarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | burle | burlestú burlésvos2 | burle | burlemos | burléis | burlen | |
| imperfect (ra) | burlara | burlaras | burlara | burláramos | burlarais | burlaran | |
| imperfect (se) | burlase | burlases | burlase | burlásemos | burlaseis | burlasen | |
| future1 | burlare | burlares | burlare | burláremos | burlareis | burlaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | burlatú burlávos | burle | burlemos | burlad | burlen | ||
| negative | no burles | no burle | no burlemos | no burléis | no burlen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of burlar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive burlar | |||||||
| dative | burlarme | burlarte | burlarle, burlarse | burlarnos | burlaros | burlarles, burlarse | |
| accusative | burlarme | burlarte | burlarlo, burlarla, burlarse | burlarnos | burlaros | burlarlos, burlarlas, burlarse | |
| with gerund burlando | |||||||
| dative | burlándome | burlándote | burlándole, burlándose | burlándonos | burlándoos | burlándoles, burlándose | |
| accusative | burlándome | burlándote | burlándolo, burlándola, burlándose | burlándonos | burlándoos | burlándolos, burlándolas, burlándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative burla | |||||||
| dative | búrlame | búrlate | búrlale | búrlanos | not used | búrlales | |
| accusative | búrlame | búrlate | búrlalo, búrlala | búrlanos | not used | búrlalos, búrlalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative burlá | |||||||
| dative | burlame | burlate | burlale | burlanos | not used | burlales | |
| accusative | burlame | burlate | burlalo, burlala | burlanos | not used | burlalos, burlalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative burle | |||||||
| dative | búrleme | not used | búrlele, búrlese | búrlenos | not used | búrleles | |
| accusative | búrleme | not used | búrlelo, búrlela, búrlese | búrlenos | not used | búrlelos, búrlelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative burlemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | burlémoste | burlémosle | burlémonos | burlémoos | burlémosles | |
| accusative | not used | burlémoste | burlémoslo, burlémosla | burlémonos | burlémoos | burlémoslos, burlémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative burlad | |||||||
| dative | burladme | not used | burladle | burladnos | burlaos | burladles | |
| accusative | burladme | not used | burladlo, burladla | burladnos | burlaos | burladlos, burladlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative burlen | |||||||
| dative | búrlenme | not used | búrlenle | búrlennos | not used | búrlenles, búrlense | |
| accusative | búrlenme | not used | búrlenlo, búrlenla | búrlennos | not used | búrlenlos, búrlenlas, búrlense | |
Conjugation of burlarse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | burlarse | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | burlándose | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | burlado | burlada | |||||
| plural | burlados | burladas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| personal non-finite | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| infinitive | burlarme | burlarte | burlarse | burlarnos | burlaros | burlarse | |
| gerund | burlándome | burlándote | burlándose | burlándonos | burlándoos | burlándose | |
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | me burlo | te burlastú te burlásvos | se burla | nos burlamos | os burláis | se burlan | |
| imperfect | me burlaba | te burlabas | se burlaba | nos burlábamos | os burlabais | se burlaban | |
| preterite | me burlé | te burlaste | se burló | nos burlamos | os burlasteis | se burlaron | |
| future | me burlaré | te burlarás | se burlará | nos burlaremos | os burlaréis | se burlarán | |
| conditional | me burlaría | te burlarías | se burlaría | nos burlaríamos | os burlaríais | se burlarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | me burle | te burlestú te burlésvos2 | se burle | nos burlemos | os burléis | se burlen | |
| imperfect (ra) | me burlara | te burlaras | se burlara | nos burláramos | os burlarais | se burlaran | |
| imperfect (se) | me burlase | te burlases | se burlase | nos burlásemos | os burlaseis | se burlasen | |
| future1 | me burlare | te burlares | se burlare | nos burláremos | os burlareis | se burlaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | búrlatetú burlatevos | búrlese | burlémonos | burlaos | búrlense | ||
| negative | no te burles | no se burle | no nos burlemos | no os burléis | no se burlen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Related terms
- burla
- burladero
- burlarse
- burlón
Further reading
- “burlar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014