doble sentido — meaning in English
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English meaning
- pun noun A joke that plays on a word's different meanings or on words that sound alike.
Senses
doble sentido is used for these senses in English:
- double entendre A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.
- pun A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.
pun — full definition
- noun A joke that plays on a word's different meanings or on words that sound alike.
- verb To make a joke by playing on the sound or meaning of words.