English
Verb
make fun of (third-person singular simple present makes fun of, present participle making fun of, simple past and past participle made fun of)
- (idiomatic, informal) To tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner.
- Please stop making fun of your sister and just help her!
Synonyms
Translations
tease, ridicule
- Aromanian: shupãr
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 嘲笑 (zh) (cháoxiào), 戲弄 (zh), 戏弄 (zh) (xìnòng), (formal) 諷刺 (zh), 讽刺 (zh) (fěngcì), (colloquial) 拿...開玩笑 (zh), 拿...开玩笑 (zh) (ná... kāi wánxiào), (colloquial; Northern Mandarin) 開涮, 开涮 (kāishuàn)
- Dutch:
- Esperanto: moki
- Finnish: pitää pilkkanaan (fi), pilkata (fi), irvailla
- French: se moquer de, se foutre de la gueule de (fr), bafouer (fr)
- German: sich lustig machen über, verspotten (de)
- Italian: burlare, sbeffeggiare (it)
- Japanese: からかう (ja) (karakau), バカにする (baka ni suru)
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