burlar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [burˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [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. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to mock

   Synonym: chufar

• “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 Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “burlar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “burlar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “burlar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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. (transitive with de) to mock, to ridicule

   Synonyms: troçar, zombar

From burla +‎ -ar.

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014