burla

See also: burlá

Galician

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

Alternative forms

• bulra, burra

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuɾla̝/

Noun

burla m (plural burlas)

1. mockery, joke
   • 1460, Rui Vasques, J. A. Souto Cabo (ed.), 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-

   Synonyms: chacota, moca

2. fraud
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), 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

   Synonyms: engano, fraude

Derived terms

• burlador
• burlar

Related terms

• burlesco

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “bulrr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “burla” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Irish

Etymology

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

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 (“bundle, roll together, bale”, transitive verb)
• burlaíocht (“(act of) bundling; rolling about, wrestling; lumpishness”)
• burlaire (“baler”)
• burlóg (“small bundle”)

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

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Italian

Etymology

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

• burlesco

Related terms

• borra

Verb

burla

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

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Noun

1. joke

Related terms

• burlarse

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish burla, of unknown origin.

Noun

burla f (plural burlas)

1. fraud
2. mockery

Derived terms

• burlar

Etymology 2

Verb

burla

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuɾla/ [ˈbuɾ.la]

Noun

burla f (plural burlas)

1. mockery, taunt, ridicule
2. prank

Derived terms

• burlar

Verb

burla

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of burlar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of burlar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of burlar.

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Yagara

Numeral

burla

1. two

References

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