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Catalan
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
burlar
- only used in es ... burlar, syntactic variant of burlar-se, infinitive of burlar-se
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese burlar (13th century), from burla (“mockery”).
Pronunciation
Verb
burlar (first-person singular present burlo, first-person singular preterite burlei, past participle burlado)
- (transitive) to circumvent; to avoid
- Synonym: evitar
- (pronominal) to mock
- Synonym: chufar
Conjugation
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person (eu)
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Second-person (ti / tu)
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Third-person (ele / ela / você)
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First-person (nós)
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Second-person (vós)
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Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
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Infinitive
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Impersonal
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burlar
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Personal
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burlar
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burlares
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burlar
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burlarmos
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burlardes
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burlarem
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Gerund
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burlando
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Past participle
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Masculine
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burlado
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burlados
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Feminine
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burlada
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burladas
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Indicative
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Present
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burlo
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burlas
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burla
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burlamos
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burlades, burlais
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burlam
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Imperfect
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burlava
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burlavas
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burlava
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burlávamos
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burlávades, burláveis, burlávais1
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burlavam
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Preterite
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burlei
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burlaste, burlache1
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burlou
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burlamos
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burlastes
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burlárom, burlaram
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Pluperfect
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burlara
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burlaras
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burlara
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burláramos
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burlárades, burláreis, burlárais1
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burlaram
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Future
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burlarei
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burlarás
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burlará
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burlaremos
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burlaredes, burlareis
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burlarám, burlarão
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Conditional
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burlaria
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burlarias
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burlaria
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burlaríamos
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burlaríades, burlaríeis, burlaríais1
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burlariam
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Subjunctive
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Present
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burle
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burles
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burle
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burlemos
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burledes, burleis
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burlem
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Imperfect
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burlasse
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burlasses
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burlasse
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burlássemos
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burlássedes, burlásseis
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burlassem
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Future
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burlar
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burlares
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burlar
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burlarmos
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burlardes
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burlarem
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Imperative
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Affirmative
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burla
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burle
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burlemos
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burlade, burlai
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burlem
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Negative (nom)
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nom burles
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nom burle
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nom burlemos
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nom burledes, nom burleis
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nom burlem
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References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “burlar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “burl”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “burlar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “burlar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “burlar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “burlar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “burlar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese burlar. By surface analysis, burla + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
burlar (first-person singular present burlo, first-person singular preterite burlei, past participle burlado)
- (transitive) to cheat; to swindle
- (transitive) to circumvent, to bypass (to avoid having to follow a rule)
- (intransitive) to mock, to ridicule
- Synonyms: troçar, zombar
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
From burla + -ar.
Verb
burlar (first-person singular present burlo, first-person singular preterite burlé, past participle burlado)
- (transitive) to outwit, to outsmart, to circumvent, to trick, to deceive
1998, “Clandestino”, in Clandestino, performed by Manu Chao:Correr es mi destino
para burlar la ley
Perdido en el corazón
De la grande Babylon- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive) to circumvent, to evade, to cheat
No puedes burlar a la muerte.- You cannot cheat death.
- (reflexive) to make fun of, to poke fun at, to mock, to ridicule, to jeer (+ de)
- Synonyms: abuchear, mofar
- (reflexive) to taunt, to tease (often uses de)
- (reflexive) to scoff, to scoff at (+ de)
- (reflexive) to deceive oneself (+ de)
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of burlar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive burlar
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dative
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burlarme
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burlarte
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burlarle, burlarse
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burlarnos
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burlaros
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burlarles, burlarse
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accusative
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burlarme
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burlarte
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burlarlo, burlarla, burlarse
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burlarnos
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burlaros
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burlarlos, burlarlas, burlarse
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with gerund burlando
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dative
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burlándome
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burlándote
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burlándole, burlándose
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burlándonos
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burlándoos
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burlándoles, burlándose
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accusative
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burlándome
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burlándote
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burlándolo, burlándola, burlándose
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burlándonos
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burlándoos
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burlándolos, burlándolas, burlándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative burla
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dative
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búrlame
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búrlate
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búrlale
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búrlanos
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not used
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búrlales
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accusative
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búrlame
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búrlate
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búrlalo, búrlala
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búrlanos
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not used
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búrlalos, búrlalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative burlá
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dative
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burlame
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burlate
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burlale
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burlanos
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not used
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burlales
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accusative
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burlame
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burlate
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burlalo, burlala
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burlanos
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not used
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burlalos, burlalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative burle
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dative
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búrleme
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not used
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búrlele, búrlese
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búrlenos
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not used
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búrleles
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accusative
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búrleme
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not used
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búrlelo, búrlela, búrlese
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búrlenos
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not used
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búrlelos, búrlelas
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with first-person plural imperative burlemos
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dative
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not used
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burlémoste
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burlémosle
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burlémonos
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burlémoos
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burlémosles
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accusative
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not used
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burlémoste
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burlémoslo, burlémosla
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burlémonos
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burlémoos
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burlémoslos, burlémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative burlad
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dative
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burladme
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not used
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burladle
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burladnos
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burlaos
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burladles
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accusative
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burladme
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not used
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burladlo, burladla
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burladnos
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burlaos
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burladlos, burladlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative burlen
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dative
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búrlenme
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not used
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búrlenle
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búrlennos
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not used
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búrlenles, búrlense
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accusative
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búrlenme
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not used
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búrlenlo, búrlenla
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búrlennos
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not used
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búrlenlos, búrlenlas, búrlense
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1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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