OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 6008

pun

/pʌn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
albur • calambur • doble sentido • juego de palabras • paronomasia • retruécano
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.
"Certainly, my home at my uncle's brought me acquainted with a circle of admirals. Of Rears, and Vices, I saw enough. Now do not be suspecting me of a pun, I entreat."
The pun is the lowest form of wit.
Phrases
No hay frases
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 6007

pun

/pʌn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
alburear
To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.
We punned about the topic until all around us groaned.
Phrases
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