fool

fool

 (fo͞ol)

n.

1. One who is deficient in judgment, sense, or understanding.

2. One who acts unwisely on a given occasion: I was a fool to have quit my job.

3. One who has been tricked or made to appear ridiculous; a dupe: They made a fool of me by pretending I had won.

4. Informal A person with a talent or enthusiasm for a certain activity: a dancing fool; a fool for skiing.

5. A member of a royal or noble household who provided entertainment, as with jokes or antics; a jester.

6. One who subverts convention or orthodoxy or varies from social conformity in order to reveal spiritual or moral truth: a holy fool.

7. A dessert made of stewed or puréed fruit mixed with cream or custard and served cold.

8. Archaic A mentally deficient person; an idiot.

v. fooled, fool·ing, fools

v.tr.

1. To deceive or trick; dupe: "trying to learn how to fool a trout with a little bit of floating fur and feather" (Charles Kuralt).

2. To confound or prove wrong; surprise, especially pleasantly: We were sure they would fail, but they fooled us.

v.intr.

1. Informal

a. To speak or act facetiously or in jest; joke: I was just fooling when I said I had to leave.

b. To behave comically; clown.

c. To feign; pretend: He said he had a toothache but he was only fooling.

2. To engage in idle or frivolous activity.

3. To toy, tinker, or mess: shouldn't fool with matches.

adj. Informal

Foolish; stupid: off on some fool errand or other.

Phrasal Verbs:

fool around Informal

1. To engage in idle or casual activity; putter: was fooling around with the old car in hopes of fixing it.

2. To engage in frivolous activity; make fun.

3. To engage in casual sexual activity.

4.

a. To have a sexual affair with someone who is not one's spouse or partner.

b. To have many sexual affairs.

fool away

To waste (time or money) foolishly; squander: fooled away the week's pay on Friday night.

Idiom:

play/act the fool

1. To act in an irresponsible or foolish manner.

2. To behave in a playful or comical manner.

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[Middle English fol, from Old French, from Late Latin follis, windbag, fool, from Latin follis, bellows; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]

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fool

(fuːl)

n

1. a person who lacks sense or judgement

2. a person who is made to appear ridiculous

3. (Historical Terms) (formerly) a professional jester living in a royal or noble household

4. obsolete an idiot or imbecile: the village fool.

5. form the fool Caribbean to play the fool or behave irritatingly

6. no fool a wise or sensible person

7. play the fool act the fool to deliberately act foolishly; indulge in buffoonery

vb

8. (tr) to deceive (someone), esp in order to make him or her look ridiculous

9. (intr; foll by with, around with, or about with) informal to act or play (with) irresponsibly or aimlessly: to fool around with a woman.

10. (intr) to speak or act in a playful, teasing, or jesting manner

11. (foll by: away) to squander; fritter: he fooled away a fortune.

12. fool along US to move or proceed in a leisurely way

adj

informal short for foolish

[C13: from Old French fol mad person, from Late Latin follis empty-headed fellow, from Latin: bellows; related to Latin flāre to blow]

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fool

(fuːl)

n

(Cookery) chiefly Brit a dessert made from a purée of fruit with cream or custard: gooseberry fool.

[C16: perhaps from fool¹]

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fool¹

(ful)

n.

1. a silly or stupid person.

2. a professional jester, formerly kept by a person of rank for amusement: the court fool.

3. a person who has been tricked or deceived into appearing silly or stupid: to make a fool of someone.

4. an ardent enthusiast who cannot resist an opportunity to indulge an enthusiasm (usu. prec. by a present participle): a dancing fool.

v.t.

5. to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool us.

v.i.

6. to act like a fool; joke; play.

7. to jest; pretend; make believe: I was only fooling.

8. fool around,

a. to putter aimlessly; waste time.

b. to trifle or flirt.

c. to be sexually promiscuous; engage casually in sexual activity.

9. fool away, to squander foolishly, as time or money.

10. fool with, to handle or play with idly or carelessly.

Idioms:

act or play the fool, to engage in silly or stupid behavior.

[1225–75; Middle English fol, fool < Old French fol < Latin follis bellows, bag]

fool²

(ful)

n.

an English dessert of crushed, cooked fruit mixed with cream or custard and served cold: gooseberry fool.

[1590–1600]

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fool

Past participle: fooled
Gerund: fooling

Imperative

fool

fool

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fool - a person who lacks good judgment   muggins, saphead, tomfool, sap buffoon, clown - a rude or vulgar fool flibbertigibbet, foolish woman - a female fool bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, jackass, zany, goose - a man who is a stupid incompetent fool meshuggeneh, meshuggener - (Yiddish) a crazy fool morosoph - a learned fool putz - (Yiddish) a fool; an idiot simpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense wally - a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid
	2.	fool - a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of chump, fall guy, gull, patsy, soft touch, sucker, mug, mark dupe, victim - a person who is tricked or swindled
	3.	fool - a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages jester, motley fool merry andrew, buffoon, clown, goof, goofball - a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
Verb	1.	fool - make a fool or dupe of befool, gull cozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest with
	2.	fool - spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance" fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, dissipate, shoot ware, squander, consume, waste - spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"
	3.	fool - fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" cod, dupe, put one across, put one over, slang, take in, gull, befool, put on kid, pull the leg of - tell false information to for fun; "Are you pulling my leg?" deceive, lead astray, betray - cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
	4.	fool - indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about" fool around, horse around, arse around jest, joke - tell a joke; speak humorously; "He often jokes even when he appears serious" play - be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children; "The kids were playing outside all day"; "I used to play with trucks as a little girl"

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fool

noun

1. simpleton, idiot, mug (Brit. slang), berk (Brit. slang), charlie (Brit. informal), silly, goose (informal), dope (informal), jerk (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), dummy (slang), ass (U.S. & Canad. taboo slang), clot (Brit. informal), plank (Brit. slang), sap (slang), prick (derogatory slang), wally (slang), illiterate, prat (slang), plonker (slang), coot, moron, nit (informal), git (Brit. slang), geek (slang), twit (informal, chiefly Brit.), bonehead (slang), chump (informal), dunce, imbecile (informal), loon, clod, cretin, oaf, bozo (U.S. slang), dullard, dimwit (informal), ignoramus, dumbo (slang), jackass, dipstick (Brit. slang), dickhead (slang), gonzo (slang), schmuck (U.S. slang), dork (slang), nitwit (informal), dolt, blockhead, ninny, divvy (Brit. slang), bird-brain (informal), pillock (Brit. slang), halfwit, nincompoop, dweeb (U.S. slang), putz (U.S. slang), fathead (informal), weenie (U.S. informal), schlep (U.S. slang), eejit (Scot. & Irish), thicko (Brit. slang), dumb-ass (slang), pea-brain (slang), gobshite (Irish taboo slang), dunderhead, numpty (Scot. informal), doofus (slang, chiefly U.S.), lamebrain (informal), fuckwit (taboo slang), mooncalf, thickhead, clodpate (archaic), dickwit (slang), nerd or nurd (slang), numbskull or numskull, twerp or twirp (informal) He'd been a fool to get involved with her.
simpleton expert, master, genius, scholar, sage, boffin (Brit. informal), wise man, rocket scientist (informal, chiefly U.S.), savant, fundi (S. African)

2. dupe, butt, mug (Brit. slang), sucker (slang), gull (archaic), stooge (slang), laughing stock, pushover (informal), fall guy (informal), chump (informal), greenhorn (informal), easy mark (informal) He feels she has made a fool of him.

3. jester, comic, clown, harlequin, motley, buffoon, pierrot, court jester, punchinello, joculator or (fem.) joculatrix, merry-andrew Every good court has its resident fool.

verb

1. deceive, cheat, mislead, delude, kid (informal), trick, take in, con (informal), stiff (slang), have (someone) on, bluff, hoax, dupe, beguile, gull (archaic), swindle, make a fool of, bamboozle, hoodwink, take for a ride (informal), put one over on (informal), play a trick on, pull a fast one on (informal) Art dealers fool a lot of people.

act or play the fool mess about, show off (informal), clown, play (silly) games, be silly, frolic, cavort, act up, lark about (informal), piss about (taboo slang), piss around (taboo slang), act the goat, cut capers, play the goat He likes to act the fool.

fool around or about

1. mess about, sleep around (informal), womanize (informal), philander, flirt, court, toy, trifle, mess about, mess around, dally, coquet Her husband was fooling around.

2. (Informal) mess about, hang around, idle, waste time, lark, play about, dawdle, kill time, fool about, play the fool, act the fool, footle (informal) Stop fooling about.

fool around with something (Informal) play around with, play with, tamper with, toy with, mess around with, meddle with, trifle with, fiddle around with (informal), monkey around with, piss about with (taboo slang), piss around with (taboo slang) He was fooling around with his cot, and he fell out of bed.

Quotations
"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread" [Alexander Pope An Essay on Criticism]
"A fool and his words are soon parted" [William Shenstone Works]
"A fool uttereth all his mind" Bible: Proverbs
"I am two fools, I know,"
"For loving, and for saying so"
"In whining poetry" [John Donne Songs and Sonnets]
"Who loves not woman, wine and song"
"Remains a fool his whole life long" [attributed to Martin Luther]
"Be wise with speed;"
"A fool at forty is a fool indeed" [Edward Young The Love of Fame]
"There's a sucker born every minute" [Phineas T. Barnum]
"You may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all the time" [attributed to both Phineas T. Barnum and Abraham Lincoln]
"A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees" [William Blake The Marriage of Heaven and Hell]
"A knowledgeable fool is a greater fool than an ignorant fool" [Molière Les Femmes Savantes]

Proverbs
"A fool and his money are soon parted"
"There's no fool like an old fool"
"Fools build houses and wise men live in them"
"A fool may give a wise man counsel"

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fool

noun

1. One deficient in judgment and good sense:

ass, idiot, imbecile, jackass, mooncalf, moron, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, simple, simpleton, softhead, tomfool.

Informal: dope, gander, goose.

Slang: cretin, ding-dong, dip, goof, jerk, nerd, schmo, schmuck, turkey.

2. A person who is easily deceived or victimized:

butt, dupe, gull, lamb, pushover, victim.

Informal: sucker.

Slang: fall guy, gudgeon, mark, monkey, patsy, pigeon, sap.

Chiefly British: mug.

verb

1. To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation:

beguile, betray, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, hoodwink, humbug, mislead, take in, trick.

Informal: bamboozle, have.

Slang: four-flush.

Idioms: lead astray, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, put something over on, take for a ride.

2. To waste time by engaging in aimless activity:

doodle, putter.

Informal: fool around, mess around.

3. To handle something idly, ignorantly, or destructively:

fiddle, meddle, mess, tamper, tinker.

Informal: monkey.

4. To move one's fingers or hands in a nervous or aimless fashion:

fiddle, fidget, monkey, play, putter, tinker, toy, trifle, twiddle.

phrasal verb
fool around

1. Informal. To waste time by engaging in aimless activity:

doodle, fool, putter.

Informal: mess around.

2. Informal. To make jokes; behave playfully:

jest, joke.

Informal: clown (around), fun.

3. Informal. To engage in kissing, caressing, and other amorous behavior:

Informal: neck, pet, spoon.

Slang: make out.

4. Informal. To be sexually unfaithful to another:

philander, womanize.

Informal: cheat, mess around, play around.

phrasal verb
fool away

To spend (money) excessively and usually foolishly:

consume, dissipate, fritter away, riot away, squander, throw away, trifle away, waste.

Slang: blow.

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Translations

أحْمَقمُغَفَّليَتَسَكَّع، يُمْضي وَقْتَه كالأحْمَقيَخْدَع، يَغُشيُضَلِّلُ

абдал

enganar

blázennapálithlupákklamatobelhávat

narnarretåbefjolle rundtfjols

NarrtäuschenTorTrottelTubel

ανόητοςκοροϊδεύωκορόιδο

tontoengañarimbécilbobo

typeryshölmöhovinarrihuijataidiootti

fouidiottromperimbécilepigeonner

budalazavarati

bolondhülyéskedik

bjáni, heimskingiblekkja, leika áhaga sér eins og bjáni

buffoneidiotaimbecilleindurreingannare

だますばか者

바보속이다

stultus

kvailyspasirodyti kvailiupastatyti į kvailio padėtįvaizduoti kvailįapkvailinti

apmuļķotmuļķismuļķotmuļķoties

dwaasin de maling nemenvoor de gek houdenzotbedriegen

dustfjollefjolsluretosk

głupiecwygłupić sięgłupek

bobotoloenganaridiotapateta

bufonpăcăliprostprosti

дуракглупецдубинадурачитьдурить

blázon

bedakbizgecbudalobukseljnorec

абдал

dåredumbomkrämluranarr

คนโง่หลอก

ahmakaldatmakaptalaptal gibi davranmakkandırmak

đánh lừađồ ngốc

愚弄瞎弄傻子傻瓜

fool

¹ [fuːl]

A. N

1. (= idiot) → tonto/a m/f, zonzo/a m/f (LAm)
don't be a fool! → ¡no seas tonto!
I was a fool not to go! → ¡qué tonto fui en no ir!
to act the fool → hacer el tonto
to be fool enough to do sth → ser lo bastante tonto como para hacer algo
to send sb on a fool's errand → enviar a algn a una misión inútil
to make a fool of sb → poner or dejar a algn en ridículo
to make a fool of o.s → quedar en ridículo
I'm nobody's fool → yo no me chupo el dedo, yo no tengo un pelo de tonto
to play the fool → hacer el tonto
some fool of a civil servant → algún funcionario imbécil
you fool! → ¡idiota!, ¡imbécil!
to live in a fool's paradise → vivir de ilusiones
there's no fool like an old fool → la cabeza blanca y el seso por venir
a fool and his money are soon parted → a los tontos no les dura el dinero
fools rush in (where angels fear to tread) → la ignorancia es osada

2. (= jester) → bufón m

B. ADJ (US) → tonto, zonzo (LAm)

C. VT (= deceive) → engañar
you can't fool me → a mí no me engañas
"my husband has always been faithful to me" - "you could have fooled me!" (iro) → -mi marido siempre me ha sido fiel -¡qué fiel ni qué ocho cuartos!
you had me fooled there → casi lo creí, por poco me lo trago
that fooled him! → ¡aquello coló!, ¡se lo tragó!
that fooled nobody → aquello no engañó a nadie, nadie se tragó aquello

D. VI → hacer el tonto
no fooling → en serio
I was only fooling → sólo era una broma
quit fooling! → ¡déjate de tonterías!

fool about fool around VI + ADV

1. (= waste time) → perder el tiempo

2. (= act the fool) → hacer el tonto
to fool about with sth (= play with) → jugar con algo; (and damage) → estropear algo; (= mess with) [+ drugs, drink, electricity] → jugar con

3. (= have an affair) to fool around with sb → tontear con algn

fool with VI + PREP to fool with sb → jugar con algn, hacer el tonto con algn

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fool

[ˈfuːl]

n → idiot(e) m/f
He was a fool to get involved with her → Il a été idiot de s'attacher à elle.
to make a fool of o.s. → se couvrir de ridicule
to make a fool of sb (= make look foolish) → tourner qn en ridicule (= trick) → avoir qn, duper qn
more fool you! (British) → quel nigaud!

(HISTORY) [king] → bouffon m, fou m
to play the fool (= mess about) → faire le fou(la)(folle)
to act the fool, to play the fool (= behave stupidly) → se conduire bêtement

(= dessert) → purée f de fruits à la crème

vt (= trick) → berner, duper
You can't fool me
BUT Vous ne me la ferez pas.; On ne me la fait pas.
to fool sb into doing sth → duper qn pour lui faire faire qch, berner qn pour lui faire faire qch

vi

to fool with sth (= have dealings with) → plaisanter avec qch
to fool with sb (= take risks) → plaisanter avec qn

fool around

vi

(= waste time) → traînailler, glandouiller

(= behave foolishly) → faire le fou

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fool

¹

n

→ Dummkopf m, → Narr m, → Närrin f; don’t be a fool! → sei nicht (so) dumm!; some fool of a civil servant → irgend so ein blöder or doofer Beamter (inf); I was a fool not to realize → wie konnte ich nur so dumm sein und das nicht merken; have I been a fool! → war ich vielleicht dumm or blöd!, ich Idiot!; he was a fool not to accept → es war dumm von ihm, nicht anzunehmen; to be fool enough to … → so dumm or blöd (inf) → sein, zu …; to play or act the fool → Unsinn machen, herumalbern; he made himself look a fool in front of everyone → er machte sich vor allen lächerlich; to make a fool of somebody (with ridicule) → jdn lächerlich machen; (with a trick) → jdn zum Besten or zum Narren haben; he made a fool of himself at the party → er hat sich bei der Party blamiert; to go on a fool’s errand → einen nutzlosen Gang tun; to live in a fool’s paradise → in einem Traumland leben; there’s no fool like an old fool (Prov) → Alter schützt vor Torheit nicht (Prov); fools rush in (where angels fear to tread) (Prov) → blinder Eifer schadet nur (Prov) ? more, nobody

(= jester) → Narr m

adj (esp US inf) → doof (inf), → schwachsinnig (inf)

vi → herumalbern, Blödsinn machen; to fool with somebody/something → mit jdm/etw spielen; stop fooling (around)! → lass den Blödsinn!; I was only fooling → das war doch nur Spaß

vt → zum Narren haben or halten; (= trick) → hereinlegen (inf); (disguise, phoney accent etc) → täuschen; you won’t fool me so easily → so leicht können Sie mich nicht hereinlegen (inf); I was completely fooled → ich bin vollkommen darauf hereingefallen; you had me fooled → ich habe das tatsächlich geglaubt; who are you trying to fool? → wem willst du das weismachen?; they fooled him into believing that … → sie haben ihm weisgemacht, dass …; they fooled him into believing it → er hat es ihnen tatsächlich abgenommen

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fool

[fuːl]

1. n

a. → sciocco/a, stupido/a, fesso/a; (jester) → buffone m, giullare m
you fool! → stupido!
don't be a fool! → non fare lo stupido!
I was a fool not to go → sono stato stupido a non andarci
some fool of a civil servant → uno stupido di impiegato statale
to play the fool → fare lo/la stupido/a
to live in a fool's paradise (fig) → vivere di illusioni
he is nobody's fool → non è mica scemo
to make a fool of sb → far fare a qn la figura dello scemo, prendere in giro qn
to make a fool of o.s. → rendersi or coprirsi di ridicolo/a
to go on a fool's errand → fare la strada per niente

b. (Culin) → frullato

2. adj (Am) → sciocco/a

3. vt (deceive) → ingannare, far fesso/a
you can't fool me → non mi inganni

4. vi → scherzare
I was only fooling → stavo solo scherzando

fool about fool around vi + adv

a. (waste time) → perdere tempo

b. (act the fool) → fare lo/la stupido/a

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fool

(fuːl) noun

a person without sense or intelligence. He is such a fool he never knows what to do. dwaas; gek أحْمَق глупак tolo blázen der Narr/die Närrin fjols; nar ηλίθιοςtonto, imbécil tobu آدم احمق typerys fou, folleטיפש मूर्ख budala, luda bolond orang bodoh bjáni, heimskingi sciocco 愚か者 바보 kvailys muļķis bodoh dwaasfjols, idiot, tosk, narrgłupiec بی عقله tolo nătărău; nebun дурак blázon norec budala dåre, dumbom, tok คนโง่ aptal 傻子 дурень احمق kẻ ngu đần 傻子

verb

1. to deceive. She completely fooled me with her story. vir die gek hou; om die bos lei يَخْدَع، يَغُش заблуждавам enganar oklamat, napálit zum Narren halten narre ξεγελώengañar ninapidi vedama فریب دادن pettää berner לְשָטוֹת मूर्ख बनाना prevariti, nasamariti becsap membodohi blekkja, leika á prendere in giro; ingannare だます 속이다 apkvailinti, apgauti []muļķot memperbodoh-bodohkan erin laten lopen narre, lure, bedraokpić, oszukać بی عقله کول enganar a prosti дурачить oklamať ukaniti zavarati lura, narra หลอกลวง aldatmak 愚弄 обдурювати بے وقوف بنانا dùng thủ đoạn hay lừa đảo ai 愚弄

2. (often with about or around) to act like a fool or playfully. Stop fooling about! rondspeel; rondpeuter يَتَسَكَّع، يُمْضي وَقْتَه كالأحْمَق държа се глупаво brincar pohrávat si; dělat špásy Possen treiben fjolle rundt φέρομαι ανόητα hacer el tonto, bromear lollitama لودگی کردن pelleillä faire l'imbécile לְהִשתַטוֹת मूर्खतापूर्ण ढंग से व्यवहार करना budaliti, poigravati se hülyéskedik main-main haga sér eins og bjáni fare il buffone ふざける 바보처럼 굴다 kvailioti muļķoties main-main gek doen tøyse, fjolle, tulle błaznować, wygłupiać się بی عقلی کول brincar a face pe prostul валять дурака robiť si vtipy noreti ludirati se bära sig åt som en stolle, larva sig ทำเป็นตลก aptal gibi davranmak 瞎弄 блазнювати; пустувати مسخرہ پن کرنا، غیر سنجیدہ رہنا xử sự một cách dại dột 瞎弄

ˈfoolish adjective

1. having no sense. He is a foolish young man. dwaas; onverstandige غَبي глупав tolo nerozumný dumm tåbelig ανόητοςtonto rumal احمق typerä étourdi, stupideטיפש मूर्ख budalast, neozbiljan bolond bodoh heimskulegur stupido 愚かな 분별이 없는 kvailas muļķīgs bodoh dwaasfjollet, tosket, skrullet, dumgłupi, niemądry بې عقل، بې ادبه، جاهل، بېړا parvo fără minte; absurd глупый nerozumný nespameten budalast dåraktig, dum เขลา aptal 愚蠢的 дурний; безглуздий بے وقوف dại dột; ngớ ngẩn 愚蠢的

2. ridiculous. He looked very foolish. dwaas; verspot سَخيف смешен ridículo směšný albern latterlig γελοίοςridículo naeruväärne مضحک naurettava ridiculeטיפשי नासमझ smiješan nevetséges menggelikan fáránlegur ridicolo ばかげた 어리석은 juokingas muļķīgs kelakar belachelijklatterligśmieszny مضحک ridículo ridicol нелепый smiešny smešen šašav fånig ดูน่าหัวเราะ gülünç 可笑的 безглуздий, смішний احمقانہ đần độn 可笑的

ˈfoolishly adverb

dwaaslik; belaglik بِغَباء، بِسَخافَه глупаво tolamente pošetile dumm, albern tåbeligt; latterligt χαζά, γελοία tontamente rumalalt احمقانه typerästi stupidement בְּטִיפּשׁוּת मूर्खता से nerazborito, lakoumno, smiješno ostobán secara bodoh fáránlega stupidamente 愚かにも 어리석게 kvailai muļķīgi dengan bodoh dwaasfjollet, latterliggłupio به بى عقلى، په جهالت estupidamente prosteşte глупо; нелепо hlúpo bedasto budalasto dumt กะเร่อกะร่า aptalca 愚蠢地 смішно بے وقوفی سے điên rồ; rồ dại 愚蠢地

ˈfoolishness noun

gekheid; dwaasheid; belaglikheid غَباء، حَماقَه، سَخافَه глупости tolice hloupost, nerozum die Torheit tåbelighed; latterlighed χαζομάραestupidez rumalus حماقت؛ ابلهی typeryys stupiditéטיפשות मूर्खता ludost, budalaština ostobaság kebodohan kjánaskapur stupidità 愚かさ 어리석음 kvailumas muļķība kebodohan dwaasheidfjollethet, lettsindighetgłupota بى عقلى؛ جهالت tolice prostie глупость; нелепость bláznovstvo nespametnost ludost dumhet ความโง่ aptallık 愚蠢 дурість, безглуздість بے وقوفی tính dại dột; tính ngu xuẩn 愚蠢

ˈfoolhardy adjective

taking foolish risks; rash. He made a foolhardy attempt to climb the mountain in winter. roekeloos; waaghalsig مُتَهَوِّر، يُجازِف بِحَماقَه дързък imprudente šíleně odvážný, ztřeštěný tollkühn dumdristig παράτολμος, απερίσκεπτοςtemerario uisapäine بی کله؛ بی فکر tyhmänrohkea téméraire מִסתַכֵּן ללֹא צוֹרֵך बेवकूफी भरा जोखिम उठाना ludo odvažan vakmerő nekad fífldjarfur temerario 向こう見ずな 무모한 beatodairiškas pārdrošs nekad onbezonnendumdristig ryzykancki بى عقلى imprudente nesăbuit безрассудно храбрый príliš nerozvážny nepremišljen smeo dumdristig บ้าระห่ำ delicesine cesur 莽撞的 відчайдушний احمقانہ بہادری دکھانا liều lĩnh một cách dại dột 莽撞的

ˈfoolhardiness noun

roekeloosheid; waaghalsigheid تَهَوُّر، مُجازَفَه بِحَماقَه дързост imprudência šílená odvaha, ztřeštěnost die Tollkühnheit dumdristighed απερισκεψίαtemeridad hulljulgus ابلهی؛ بی پروایی tyhmänrohkeus témérité הִסתַכּנוּת ללא צוֹרֵך बेवकूफी भरा जोखिम (luda) odvažnost merészség kenekadan fífldirfska temerarietà 向こう見ず 무모함 beatodairiðkumas pārdrošība nekad onbezonnenheiddumdristighet ryzykanctwo جهالت imprudência nesăbuinţă безрассудная храбрость nerozvážnosť nepremišljenost smelost dumdristighet ความบ้าระห่ำ delicesine cesurluk 莽撞 відчайдушність غیر عاقلانہ بہادری sự liều lĩnh một cách dại dột 莽撞

ˈfoolproof adjective

unable to go wrong. His new plan seems completely foolproof. onfeilbaar; waterdig; teen (alles) bestand لا يُخْطِئ، سَهْل فَهْمُه أو اسْتِعْماله безопасен seguro spolehlivý narrensicher, kinderleicht idiotsikker ασφαλής, αλάνθαστοςinfalible lollikindel خطاناپذیر idioottivarma à toute épreuveבטוח त्रुटिरहति potpuno siguran, nepogrešiv üzembiztos tanpa kesalahan pottþéttur infallibile 間違いようのない 누구나 할 수 있는 patikimas, saugus drošs; (par ierīcēm) vienkāršs; viegli lietojams tanpa kesalahan waterdichtidiotsikkerniezawodny اسانه، ساده، بسيط، خوندى، محفوظ، اعتبارى seguro infai­libil надёжный spoľahlivý otročje lahek bezbedan idiotsäker ไม่น่าจะผิดพลาดได้ emin, güvenilir 十分簡單明瞭的 вірний, безсумнівний بے خطا hết sức rõ ràng 十分简单明了的，万无一失的

make a fool of

to make (someone) appear ridiculous or stupid. He made a real fool of her by promising to marry her and then leaving her when he had spent all her money. iemand belaglik maak; iemand vir die gek hou يَجْعَلُه أضْحوكَةً правя на глупак fazer de tolo dělat si blázny z jemanden zum Narren halten gøre en til grin; gøre nar af en γελοιοποιώ poner en ridículo narriks tegema احمق جلوه دادن saattaa jk naurunalaiseksi rendre ridicule לְשָׁטוֹת किसी को बेवकूफ बनाना praviti budalu od nekoga bolonddá tesz vkit mengejek, memperolok-olokkan, mengelabui gera að fífli farsi gioco di ばかにする 바보 취급하다 pastatyti į kvailio padėtį apmuļķot; nostādīt kādu muļķīgā stāvoklī memperbodoh-bodohkan voor gek zetten latterliggjøre robić durnia z, wystrychnąć na dudka احمقی fazer de parvo a-şi bate joc de одурачить robiť si blázna z osmešiti napraviti budalu od göra ngn till åtlöje หลอกลวง aptal yerine koymak 愚弄 робити дурня з кого کسی کو بیوقوف بنانا lừa ai 愚弄

make a fool of oneself

to act in such a way that people consider one ridiculous or stupid. She made a fool of herself at the party. jou belaglik; bespotlik maak يَجْعَل من نَفْسِه أضْحوكَةً излагам се expor-se ao ridículo zesměšnit se sich lächerlich machen gøre sig selv til grin γελοιοποιούμαιquedar en ridículo (ennast) naeruvääristama خود را مضحکه کردن tehdä itsensä naurunalaiseksi se rendre ridicule לַעֲשׂוֹת צְחוֹק מְעֲצמֵך ऐसा काम जिससे खुद को बेवकूफ महसूस करने लगे osramotiti se, uciniti se smiješnim nevetségessé teszi magát berlaku bodoh gera sig að fífli rendersi ridicolo 笑いものになる 바보 짓을 하다 pasirodyti kvailiu nostādīt sevi muļķīgā stāvoklī memperbodoh-bodohkan zich belachelijk maken dumme seg ut zbłaźnić/wygłupić się مسخره كول dar-se ao ridículo a se face de râs ставить себя в дурацкое положение zosmiešniť sa osmešiti se napraviti budalu od sebe göra bort sig ล้อเลียน kendini gülünç duruma düşürmek 鬧笑話 пошитися в дурні اپنا بیوقوف بنانا xử sự một cách ngốc nghếch 闹笑话

play the fool

to act in a foolish manner, especially with the intention of amusing other people. He always played the fool when the teacher left the classroom. gekskeer يَتَحامَق، يَتَصَرَّف كالأحْمَق върша глупости fazer de tolo jančit, dělat ze sebe blázna Possen machen spille klovn κάνω τον καραγκιόζη hacer el tonto lollitama دلقک بازی درآوردن pelleillä faire le pitre לְהִשתַטוֹת बेवकूफों जैसी हरकत करना izigravati budalu bolondozik membadut leika trúðinn, vera með trúðslæti fare il buffone おどける 광대 노릇을 하다 kvailioti, vaizduoti kvailį muļķoties; dzīt velnu membadut voor gek spelen oppføre seg dumt, spille klovn błaznować فول fazer de parvo a face pe clovnul дурачиться vystrájať hlúposti uganjati burke izigravati budalu spela pajas แกล้งโง่ maskaralık yapmak 裝傻 дурня клеїти دوسروں کی تفریح کے لۓ احمقانہ حرکتیں کرنا làm trò hề 装傻相，逗人笑

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fool

→ مُغَفَّل, يُضَلِّلُ hlupák, napálit narre, tåbe Narr, täuschen κοροϊδεύω, κορόιδο engañar, tonto huijata, typerys idiot, tromper budala, zavarati buffone, ingannare だます, ばか者 바보, 속이다 dwaas, voor de gek houden dust, lure głupiec, wygłupić się bobo, enganar, pateta дурак, дурачить dumbom, lura คนโง่, หลอก ahmak, kandırmak đánh lừa, đồ ngốc 傻瓜, 愚弄

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