make fun of

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Recorded 1737. Preserves the older meaning of fun, from Middle English fon, fonne (“foolish, simple, silly”), fun (c. 1700) meaning "a cheat, trick, hoax", from a verb fun meaning "to cheat, trick" (1680s).

124 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سَخِرَ (saḵira) — tease, ridicule
• Arabic: اِسْتَهْزَأَ (istahzaʔa) — tease, ridicule
• Aromanian: shupãr — tease, ridicule
• Belarusian: высме́йваць (vysmjéjvacʹ) — tease, ridicule
• Belarusian: вы́смеяць (výsmjejacʹ) — tease, ridicule
• Belarusian: выкпіва́ць (vykpivácʹ) — tease, ridicule
• Belarusian: вы́кпіць (výkpicʹ) — tease, ridicule
• Belarusian: высмяха́цца (vysmjaxácca) — tease, ridicule
• Belarusian: кпіць (kpicʹ) — tease, ridicule
• Bulgarian: присми́вам се (prismívam se) — tease, ridicule
• Bulgarian: присме́я се (prisméja se) — tease, ridicule
• Bulgarian: осми́вам (osmívam) — tease, ridicule
• Bulgarian: осме́я (osméja) — tease, ridicule
• Cherokee: ᎠᏙᏥᏗᎭ (adotsidiha) — tease, ridicule
• Chinese Mandarin: 嘲笑 (cháoxiào) — tease, ridicule
• Chinese Mandarin: 戲弄 /戏弄 (xìnòng) — tease, ridicule
• Chinese Mandarin: 諷刺 /讽刺 (fěngcì) — tease, ridicule
• Chinese Mandarin: 拿......開玩笑 /拿......开玩笑 (ná ... kāi wánxiào) — tease, ridicule
• Chinese Mandarin: 開涮 /开涮 (kāishuàn) — tease, ridicule
• Ngazidja Comorian: utseshea — tease, ridicule
• Ngazidja Comorian: urema seho — tease, ridicule
• Czech: posmívat se — tease, ridicule
• Czech: posmát se — tease, ridicule
• Czech: vysmívat se — tease, ridicule
• Czech: vysmát se — tease, ridicule
• Danish: latterliggøre — tease, ridicule
• Danish: gøre nar af — tease, ridicule
• Dutch: uitlachen — tease, ridicule
• Dutch: bespotten — tease, ridicule
• Dutch: voor de gek houden — tease, ridicule
• Esperanto: moki — tease, ridicule
• Finnish: pitää pilkkanaan — tease, ridicule
• Finnish: pilkata — tease, ridicule
• Finnish: irvailla — tease, ridicule
• French: se moquer de — tease, ridicule
• French: se foutre de la gueule de — tease, ridicule
• French: ridiculiser — tease, ridicule
• Galician: burlarse — tease, ridicule
• German: sich lustig machen über — tease, ridicule
• German: verspotten — tease, ridicule
• German: auslachen — tease, ridicule
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (bilaikan) — tease, ridicule
• Ancient Greek: προσπαίζω (prospaízō) — tease, ridicule
• Ancient Greek: χλευάζω (khleuázō) — tease, ridicule
• Hungarian: kigúnyol — tease, ridicule
• Hungarian: gúnyol — tease, ridicule
• Hungarian: tréfát űz — tease, ridicule
• Icelandic: hlæja að — tease, ridicule
• Ingrian: pilkata — tease, ridicule
• Ingrian: narrata — tease, ridicule
• Ingrian: braakkia — tease, ridicule
• Irish: bí ag magadh — tease, ridicule
• Italian: burlare — tease, ridicule
• Italian: sbeffeggiare — tease, ridicule
• Japanese: からかう (karakau) — tease, ridicule
• Japanese: バカにする (baka ni suru) — tease, ridicule
• Japanese: 冷やかす (hiyakasu) — tease, ridicule
• Japanese: 嘲笑う (azawarau) — tease, ridicule
• Japanese: 嘲笑する (chōshō suru) — tease, ridicule
• Korean: 놀리다 (nollida) — tease, ridicule
• Korean: 비웃다 (biutda) — tease, ridicule
• Central Kurdish: گالتەپێکردن (galtepêkirdin) — tease, ridicule
• Central Kurdish: رابواردن (rabwardin) — tease, ridicule
• Latin: dērīdeō — tease, ridicule
• Latin: cavillor — tease, ridicule
• Lithuanian: šaipytis — tease, ridicule
• Lushootseed: ʔukwukwbid — tease, ridicule
• Lushootseed: ʔukwukwbitəb — tease, ridicule
• Macedonian: исмејува (ismejuva) — tease, ridicule
• Māori: pāengaenga — tease, ridicule
• Norman: motchi — tease, ridicule
• Norwegian Bokmål: latterliggjøre — tease, ridicule
• Old English: bismerian — tease, ridicule
• Old English: tō gamene dōn — tease, ridicule
• Polish: wyśmiewać się — tease, ridicule
• Polish: wyśmiać się — tease, ridicule
• Polish: wyśmiewać — tease, ridicule
• Polish: wyśmiać — tease, ridicule
• Portuguese: tirar sarro de — tease, ridicule
• Portuguese: zoar de — tease, ridicule
• Portuguese: caçoar de — tease, ridicule
• Portuguese: gozar com — tease, ridicule
• Portuguese: fazer pouco de — tease, ridicule
• Romanian: batjocori — tease, ridicule
• Romanian: ași bate joc de — tease, ridicule
• Romanian: face mișto de — tease, ridicule
• Romanian: lua la mișto — tease, ridicule
• Russian: высме́ивать (vysméivatʹ) — tease, ridicule
• Russian: вы́смеять (výsmejatʹ) — tease, ridicule
• Russian: насмеха́ться (nasmexátʹsja) — tease, ridicule
• Serbo-Croatian: исмеја́вати — tease, ridicule
• Serbo-Croatian: исмѐјати — tease, ridicule
• Serbo-Croatian: исмија́вати — tease, ridicule
• Serbo-Croatian: исмѝјати — tease, ridicule
• Serbo-Croatian: ismejávati — tease, ridicule
• Serbo-Croatian: ismèjati — tease, ridicule
• Serbo-Croatian: ismijávati — tease, ridicule
• Serbo-Croatian: ismìjati — tease, ridicule
• Slovak: zosmiešňovať — tease, ridicule
• Slovak: zosmiešniť — tease, ridicule
• Slovak: posmievať sa — tease, ridicule
• Slovak: vysmievať sa — tease, ridicule
• Slovene: posmehovati se — tease, ridicule
• Spanish: burlarse de — tease, ridicule
• Spanish: mofarse — tease, ridicule
• Spanish: pitorrearse — tease, ridicule
• Spanish: recochinearse — tease, ridicule
• Spanish: chotearse — tease, ridicule
• Spanish: lornear — tease, ridicule
• Swedish: göra narr av — tease, ridicule
• Swedish: håna — tease, ridicule
• Swedish: förlöjliga — tease, ridicule
• Swedish: driva med — tease, ridicule
• Swedish: göra sig lustig över — tease, ridicule
• Tamil: கிண்டல் செய் (kiṇṭal cey) — tease, ridicule
• Tamil: கிண்டு (kiṇṭu) — tease, ridicule
• Telugu: ఆట పట్టించు (āṭa paṭṭiñcu) — tease, ridicule
• Thai: ล้อ (lɔ́ɔ) — tease, ridicule
• Turkish: alay etmek — tease, ridicule
• Turkish: dalga geçmek — tease, ridicule
• Ottoman Turkish: گولمك (gülmek) — tease, ridicule
• Ukrainian: висмі́ювати (vysmíjuvaty) — tease, ridicule
• Ukrainian: ви́сміяти (výsmijaty) — tease, ridicule
• Ukrainian: насміха́тися (nasmixátysja) — tease, ridicule