sainete — meaning in English
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English meaning
- farce noun A comic play or film built on absurd situations, mistaken identity, slamming doors and characters behaving with wild improbability, written purely to get laughs rather than to say anything serious.
- sketch verb To make a quick, rough drawing without full detail.
- skit noun A short comic performance, usually a few minutes long, with a single joke or situation at its centre — the kind of thing performed at a school assembly, on a variety show or in a social media video.
Senses
sainete is used for these senses in English:
- farce (uncountable) A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents.
- sketch A brief, light, or unfinished dramatic, musical, or literary work or idea; especially a short, often humorous or satirical scene or play, frequently as part of a revue or variety show.
- skit A short comic performance done by amateurs.
farce — full definition
- noun A comic play or film built on absurd situations, mistaken identity, slamming doors and characters behaving with wild improbability, written purely to get laughs rather than to say anything serious.
- noun A situation or process so badly handled or so obviously rigged that it cannot be taken seriously.
- noun In cookery, a seasoned stuffing of minced meat, herbs or breadcrumbs used to fill poultry, fish or vegetables.
sketch — full definition
- verb To make a quick, rough drawing without full detail.
- noun A quick, rough drawing not meant to be a finished piece.
- noun A short comic scene performed as part of a show.
- adj Informal: suspicious or shady in a way that makes you uneasy.