caricatura — meaning in English

English meaning

• antic noun A piece of foolish, playful or attention-seeking behaviour; usually used in the plural.
• burlesque noun A variety stage show combining comic sketches, musical numbers and striptease, associated with American theatres of the early twentieth century and revived since the 1990s as a knowingly retro, glamorous performance art.
• cartoon noun A humorous or satirical drawing, often with a caption.

Senses

caricatura is used for these senses in English:

• antic A caricature.
• burlesque A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody.
• cartoon (comics) A drawing satirising current public figures.

antic — full definition

1. noun A piece of foolish, playful or attention-seeking behaviour; usually used in the plural.
2. adjective Grotesque or absurd in an oddly theatrical way.

burlesque — full definition

1. noun A variety stage show combining comic sketches, musical numbers and striptease, associated with American theatres of the early twentieth century and revived since the 1990s as a knowingly retro, glamorous performance art.
2. noun A piece of writing, music or theatre that mocks something serious by treating it in a deliberately mismatched way — grand subjects handled cheaply, or trivial subjects handled with mock grandeur.
3. verb To imitate something in an exaggerated, mocking way.

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