# burla
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈbur.lə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈbuɾ.la]

### Noun

burla f (plural burles)
* 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, 2025
* “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
### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* bulra, burra

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbuɾla̝/

#### Noun

burla m (plural burlas)
* 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-
* 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 desanparadohe 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* 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
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “burla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

burla
* inflection of burlar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Irish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbˠuːrˠl̪ˠə/

### Noun

burla m (genitive singular burla, nominative plural burlaí)
* bundle, roll, bale, plug, sheaf
* burly person
* lumpish, unsociable, person

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
burla
burlaí
vocative
a bhurla
a bhurlaí
genitive
burla
burlaí
dative
burla
burlaí
forms with the definite article
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

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### 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, 2013-2025

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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 (unless itself comes instead from Italian).

#### Noun

burla f (plural burle)
* trick, prank, frolic, joke

##### Derived terms

* burlare
* burlesco

##### Related terms

* borra

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

burla
* inflection of burlare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* ↑ burla in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* ↑ burla in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore

## Ladino
### Noun

burla f
* joke

#### Related terms

* burlarse

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbuʁ.lɐ/ [ˈbuɦ.lɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbuʁ.lɐ/ [ˈbuɦ.lɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈbuɾ.lɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈbuʁ.lɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈbuɻ.la/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbuɾ.lɐ/
* Hyphenation: bur‧la

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish burla, of unknown origin.

#### Noun

burla f (plural burlas)
* fraud
* mockery

##### Derived terms

* burlar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

burla
* inflection of burlar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* mockery, taunt, ridicule
* prank
    Synonym: broma

##### Derived terms

* burlar

##### Descendants

* →? Catalan: burla
* →? Galician: burla
* →? Italian: burla
* →? Portuguese: burla

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

burla
* inflection of burlar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “burla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Yagara
### Numeral

burla
* two

### References

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