English
Verb
make a fool of (third-person singular simple present makes a fool of, present participle making a fool of, simple past and past participle made a fool of)
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to seem foolish.
- Synonyms: make a monkey of, make a monkey out of
I've made a prize fool of myself.
Translations
to cause (someone) to seem foolish
- Chinese:
- Hokkien: 創治 / 创治 (zh-min-nan), 創景 / 创景 (zh-min-nan), 落漆 (lak-chhat)
- Mandarin: 出醜 / 出丑 (zh) (chūchǒu)
- Dutch: belachelijk maken
- French: se ridiculiser
- German: lächerlich machen, blamieren (de)
- Hindi: उल्लू बनाना (ullū banānā)
- Hungarian: bolondot csinál
- Icelandic: gera stólpagrín að
- Irish: ceap magaidh a dhéanamh de
- Italian: ridicolizzare (it), (said of oneself) fare una figuraccia, mettersi in ridicolo, esporsi al ridicolo
- Latin: lūdificō
- Polish: robić idiotę impf, zrobić idiotę pf
- Romanian: face de râs
- Russian: де́лать идио́том (délatʹ idiótom)
- Spanish: poner en ridículo, hacer el ridículo (es) (of oneself), mandarse un numerito, hacer el oso (oneself), pelar (es) (oneself)
- Swedish: göra till åtlöje (sv), göra bort (sv)
- Tagalog: magmukhang-tanga
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