spoof

[US]/spuːf/
[UK]/spuːf/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. una imitación cómica de eventos o personas serias, especialmente en artículos o programas de televisión
v. imitar cómicamente a alguien o algo, especialmente enviando correos electrónicos falsos o engañando con correos electrónicos.
Word Forms
Pasadospoofed
Gerundiospoofing
Participio pasadospoofed
Tercera persona singularspoofs
Pluralspoofs

Example Sentences

a hideously unfunny spoof film.

una parodia cinematográfica horriblemente poco divertida.

The show was a spoof of college life.

El programa era una parodia de la vida universitaria.

it is a movie that spoofs other movies.

Es una película que parodia otras películas.

there were gags, spoofs, and dumbshows.

había chistes, parodias y pantomimas.

they proceeded to spoof Western intelligence with false information.

Procedieron a parodiar la inteligencia occidental con información falsa.

a hilarious spoof of a popular TV show

Una parodia hilarante de un popular programa de televisión.

a clever spoof website mocking current events

Un sitio web de parodia inteligente que se burla de los acontecimientos actuales.

a spoof email claiming you've won a lottery

Un correo electrónico de parodia que afirma que has ganado la lotería.

a spoof video parodying a famous movie scene

Un video de parodia que parodia una famosa escena de película.

a political spoof poking fun at politicians

Una parodia política que se burla de los políticos.

Real-world Examples

Although I'll wager it's Edwards spoofing a text to lure him out.

Source: American TV series Person of Interest Season 4

A spoof of the TSA's security procedures.

Source: CNN Listening Compilation June 2013

You can improve the security by making it spoof proof.

Source: CNN 10 Student English Compilation April 2021

Another shirt spoofs the Department of Homeland Security logo as the Department of Homeland Stupidity.

Source: VOA Standard February 2014 Collection

The screen series, which spoofed the teenage horror genre, was also a box office sensation.

Source: BBC Listening September 2015 Collection

That part there, that's just a joke. It's a spoof of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 1

A " spoof" (spoof) is when someone makes fun of the movie.

Source: 2015 English Cafe

There was like a Kawaii Katie, who was a Hello Kitty spoof.

Source: Google Celebrity Interview Record

Step one, spoof his number so it looks like he's calling from inside the company and then call tech support.

Source: CNN Selected June 2016 Collection

There were also what we would call " spoofs" of the movie.

Source: 2015 English Cafe

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