prank [præŋk]
prank(
preyngk
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (practical joke)
b. la travesura
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Everyone thought the April Fools' Day prank was hilarious.Todo el mundo pensó que la travesura del día de las bromas de abril estuvo graciosísima.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
2. (to play a trick on)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
a. gastarle una broma a
I used to love watching those TV shows where people were pranked.Me encantaba ver esos programas en la televisión donde se les gastaba una broma a la gente.
prank
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (general)
a. la broma (pesada), jugarreta
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
to play a prank on somebodygastarle una broma a alguien
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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