mofar
mock.
They laughed and screeched and mocked as long as I went on swearing.
mofarse
sneer
scoff
jeer
snicker
snigger
'Arnold and the others are too sensitive!' he sneered, spreading his hands in a fantastic gesture of disdain.
Those inclined to scoff should reflect on the findings of a 1975 study of on-line users: 'Engineers, scientists, and researchers more readily accept the results of online literature searching than they do the results of manual searching' = Aquellos que sienten la inclinación de burlarse deberían reflejarse en los hallazgos de un estudio de 1975 sobre los usuarios conectados en línea: "Los ingenieros, científicos e investigadores aceptan más rápidamente los resultados de la búsqueda en línea de bibliografía especializada que los resultados de la búsqueda manual".
Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.
It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.
Nick then started to snigger evilly behind her back.
mofarse de [Generalmente con el sentido de "burlarse" [laugh down (at)] y no de "encontrar gracioso" [laugh about/down]] [Generalmente con el sentido de "burlarse" [laugh at] y no de "encontrar gracioso" [laugh about/down]]
make + a joke about
ridicule
make + mockery of
poke + fun at
thumb + Posesivo + nose at
make + fun of
sneer at
scoff at
rag
rib
pull leg
laugh at
laugh down (at)
What was pinned up ranged from elaborate and beautifully executed illustrations to longish book reviews either typed or handwritten, and cartoons that made a joke about the book being suggested.
Such publications emphasised patriotic material supporting the war and ridiculing the enemy.
This makes mockery of the idea of a 'family wage' earned by the man on which wage negotiations and the idea of keeping women out of work are founded.
He is notorious for poking fun at those who advance jaded, esoteric ideas about the importance of studying classical languages.
America is criminalizing those who object to its military plans, and is thumbing its nose at the Geneva Convention.
Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English - it simply means they know another language you probably ignore.
Watching Ranald drop a rafter on his head, Marion sneered at herself that these children, this filthy hovel were all that was left to her.
It's time to stop scoffing at those who worry about the budget deficit.
Someone ragged her in college and she hit him.
Finally after I ribbed her for about an hour she said that she'd slashed her wrists because of me.
At first he thought they were pulling his leg and told them to stop pissing him around.
Visitors would laugh at the workman's jerking and whirling with the mould, but that was where the skill lay.
The person she accused, and who was able to laugh her down, is now in trouble with several other women accusing him of the same thing.
