mock [mɒk]
transitive verb
(ridicule) mofarse de; burlarse de; (mimic) imitar; remedar you shouldn't mock other people's beliefs no hay que mofarse or burlarse de las creencias de la gente
mock(
mak
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (to ridicule)
a. burlarse de
She laughed and mocked him as she ate the last of the apple pie.Se ri贸 y se burl贸 de 茅l mientras se com铆a lo que quedaba de la tarta de manzana.
2. (to mimic for humor)
a. imitar
His older sister was mocking his high-pitched voice.Su hermana mayor imitaba su voz aguda.
3. (to thwart)
a. frustrar
The band of outlaws continues to mock the authorities.La banda de forajidos sigue frustrando a las autoridades.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
4. (insincere)
5. (fake)
6. (as practice)
a. de pr谩ctica
Today we're going to do a mock debate about three different topics.Hoy vamos a hacer un debate de pr谩ctica de tres temas diferentes.
b. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
We did a mock trial in my social studies class.Hicimos un simulacro de juicio en la clase de estudios sociales.
Yesterday, the school conducted a mock evacuation drill.Ayer en la escuela se hizo un simulacro de evacuaci贸n.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
7. (ridicule)
a. el rid铆culo (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
They made a mock of my efforts to clean the graffiti from the school walls.Pusieron en rid铆culo mis esfuerzos para limpiar el graffiti de las paredes de la escuela.
mocks
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
8. (colloquial) (education) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. ex谩menes de prueba
We've got mocks next week, and I've hardly studied.Tenemos ex谩menes de prueba la pr贸xima semana y apenas he estudiado.
mockadjectivetransitive verb
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
1. (general)
a. fingido(a), simulado(a)
mock battlesimulacro de batalla
2. (school) (United Kingdom)
a.
mock examinationexamen de prueba
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
3. (ridicule)
a. burlarse de
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