make a fool of

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28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese: 創治 /创治 (zh-min-nan) — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Chinese: 創景 /创景 (zh-min-nan) — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Chinese: 落漆 (lak-chhat) — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Chinese Mandarin: 出醜 /出丑 (chūchǒu) — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Dutch: belachelijk maken — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• French: se ridiculiser — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• German: lächerlich machen — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Hindi: उल्लू बनाना (ullū banānā) — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Hungarian: bolondot csinál — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Icelandic: gera stólpagrín að — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Irish: ceap magaidh a dhéanamh de — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Italian: ridicolizzare — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Italian: fare una figuraccia — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Italian: mettersi in ridicolo — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Italian: esporsi al ridicolo — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Latin: lūdificō — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Polish: robić idiotę — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Polish: zrobić idiotę — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Romanian: face de râs — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Russian: де́лать идио́том (délatʹ idiótom) — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Spanish: poner en ridículo — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Spanish: hacer el ridículo — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Spanish: mandarse un numerito — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Spanish: hacer el oso — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Spanish: pelar — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Swedish: göra till åtlöje — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Swedish: göra bort — to cause (someone) to seem foolish
• Tagalog: magmukhang-tanga — to cause (someone) to seem foolish