travesty

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtrævəsti/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈtrævəsti/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(trav′ə stē)

Inflections of 'travesty' (n): npl: travesties
Inflections of 'travesty' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
travesties
v 3rd person singular
travestying
v pres p
travestied
v past
travestied
v past p
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travesty n (bad imitation)parodia, caricatura nf
  farsa nf
  burla nf
 The whole trial was a travesty; the defendant never had a fair chance.
travesty of [sth] n (bad imitation of [sth])parodia de algo, caricatura de algo loc nom f
 The witnesses were so eager to see the suspect imprisoned that they presented a travesty of the truth.
travesty [sth]⇒ vtr (parody)parodiar⇒ vtr
  hacer una parodia de loc veb + prep
 The newspaper columnist lost many of his friends because he travestied them in his articles.
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'travesty' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
mockery
Spanish:
parodia


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