fool

tonto, necio

Persona que piensa o actúa sin sensatez.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who thinks or acts without good sense.

• Do not be a fool.
• I felt like a fool for losing the keys again.
• Only a fool would believe that story.

Cómo se usa: make a fool of oneself (I made a fool of myself at the meeting.); a fool to do something (You would be a fool to ignore her advice.)

Sinónimos: idiot, foolish person

Expresiones frecuentes: a complete fool, make a fool, look a fool

bufón

Persona cuyo trabajo era hacer reír a un rey o una reina con bromas y payasadas.

En inglés sencillo: A person whose job was to make a king or queen laugh with jokes and silly actions.

• The fool made the king laugh.
• A court fool could sometimes criticize the ruler.
• The queen rewarded her fool for his clever jokes.

Sinónimos: jester

Expresiones frecuentes: court fool, the royal fool

postre de fruta y nata

Postre de fruta blanda triturada y mezclada con nata o crema de huevo.

En inglés sencillo: A sweet dish made by mixing soft, crushed fruit with cream or custard.

• We had gooseberry fool for dessert.
• She mixed the fruit with cream to make a fool.
• Serve the apricot fool in small glasses.

Sinónimos: dupe

Expresiones frecuentes: gooseberry fool, apricot fool, fruit fool

engañar

Hacer que alguien crea algo que no es verdad.

En inglés sencillo: Make someone believe something that is not true.

• You cannot fool me.
• His disguise fooled everyone at the party.
• Do not fool yourself into thinking the problem has gone away.

Cómo se usa: fool someone into doing something (The message fooled him into sharing his password.); fool someone with something (She fooled us with a fake accent.)

Sinónimos: trick, deceive, mislead

Expresiones frecuentes: fool someone into, fool yourself, fool someone with, fool someone

hacer el tonto

Comportarse de forma tonta, a menudo en vez de hacer algo serio.

En inglés sencillo: Behave in a silly way, often instead of doing something serious.

• Stop fooling around.
• The boys fooled about during the lesson.
• We spent the afternoon fooling around in the garden.

Sinónimos: mess around, act silly

Expresiones frecuentes: fool around, fool about