burla

See also: Burla, burlá, and Burlă

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Noun

burla f (plural burles)

1. mockery, taunt, ridicule

Related terms

• burlar-se

Further reading

• “burla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “burla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

Galician

Burla Negra ("Black Joke"), the ship of Galician pirate Benito de Soto

Etymology 1

Unknown. From Old Galician-Portuguese burla (13th century, earliest attestation of this word); probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. Cognate with Portuguese burla, Spanish burla, Catalan burla.

Alternative forms

• bulra, burra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuɾla̝/

Noun

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

Derived terms

• burlador
• burlar

Related terms

• burlesco

References

• 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: ILG
• 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

Etymology 2

Verb

burla

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

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠuːrˠl̪ˠə/

Noun

burla m (genitive singular burla, nominative plural burlaí)

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

Declension

Declension of burla

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative burla burlaí Vocative a bhurla a bhurlaí Genitive burla burlaí Dative burla burlaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an burla na burlaí Genitive an bhurla na mburlaí Dative leis an mburla don bhurla leis na burlaí

Derived terms

• burláil
• burlaíocht
• burlaire
• burlóg

 

Related terms

• burlamán (“burly, lumpish, person”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
burla	bhurla	mburla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• 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, 2013-2024

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Probably from Vulgar Latin *burrula, diminutive of Late Latin burra (“nonsense, trickery”, literally “flock of wool”), possibly through the intermediate of Spanish burla.

Noun

burla f (plural burle)

1. trick, prank, frolic, joke

Derived terms

• burlare
• burlesco

Related terms

• borra

Etymology 2

Verb

burla

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

Ladino

Noun

burla f (Latin spelling)

1. joke

Related terms

• burlarse

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuʁ.lɐ/ [ˈbuɦ.lɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuʁ.lɐ/ [ˈbuɦ.lɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈbuɾ.lɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbuʁ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuɻ.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbuɾ.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: bur‧la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish burla, of unknown origin.

Noun

burla f (plural burlas)

1. fraud
2. mockery

Derived terms

• burlar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

burla

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

burla f (plural burlas)

1. mockery, taunt, ridicule
2. prank

   Synonym: broma

Derived terms

• burlar

 

Descendants

• →? Italian: burla
• → Portuguese: burla

Etymology 2

Verb

burla

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

Further reading

• “burla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Yagara

Numeral

burla

1. two

References

• State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Indigenous Numbers.