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пародия — meaning in English

parodiya

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English meaning

  • mock verb To make fun of someone, often by imitating them; to ridicule.
  • parody noun A piece of writing, music, or performance that imitates something else for comic or mocking effect.
  • send-up noun A comic imitation of a person, programme or style that exaggerates its most recognisable features in order to make fun of it.
  • takeoff noun The moment a plane, rocket, bird, or jumper leaves the ground and becomes airborne.
  • travesty noun A shocking, absurd distortion of something that should be fair or serious — a mockery of what it claims to represent.

Senses

пародия is used for these senses in English:

  • mock An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
  • send-up A satirical imitation of a work of art or a genre.
  • spoofery spoofs in general; satirical parody
  • takeoff A parody or lampoon of someone or something.

mock — full definition

  1. verb To make fun of someone, often by imitating them; to ridicule.
  2. verb To create a rough working model or trial version of something.
  3. adj Fake or imitation, not the real thing.

parody — full definition

  1. noun A piece of writing, music, or performance that imitates something else for comic or mocking effect.
  2. verb To imitate someone or something in a mocking, exaggerated way for comic effect.

Related Bulgarian words