retruécano — 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
retruécano is used for these senses in English:
- 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.
- spoonerism (linguistics) A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed.
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.