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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieszombar
Pronunciation / Transliteration: zõbaɾ
"Não se deve zombar dos outros."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To tease or laugh at someone or something in a scornful or contemptuous manner.
"It is unkind to mock people for their accents."
- 1
Not authentic or real; made to look like something else as an imitation.
"The restaurant is famous for its delicious mock turtle soup."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Middle French word 'moquer' (to scoff, deride), which likely traces back to Middle Dutch or Germanic imitative origins mimicking a grimace or scoff. Over centuries, the term evolved from physical mimicry to verbal teasing, imitation, and eventually denoting artificial or simulated replicas.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Mock" is said worldwide
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moquer
Transliteration: mo-ke
"Il ne faut pas se moquer des autres."
verspotten
Transliteration: fer-ʃpɔtən
"Man sollte niemanden verspotten."
prendere in giro
Transliteration: prendere in dʒiro
"Non è bello prendere in giro i compagni."
burlar
Transliteration: buɾlaɾ
"No debes burlarte de tus amigos."
zombar
Transliteration: zõbaɾ
"Não se deve zombar dos outros."
मज़ाक उड़ाना
Transliteration: mazāk uṛānā
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"दूसरों का मज़ाक उड़ाना बुरी बात है।"
嘲笑
Transliteration: cháoxiào
Script: 中文汉字
"我们不应该嘲笑别人的错误。"
놀리다
Transliteration: nollida
Script: 한국어 한글
"친구를 놀리는 것은 나쁘다."
嘲笑する
Transliteration: chōshō suru
Script: 日本語
"人を嘲笑してはいけない。"
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