make a fool of oneself

English

Alternative forms

• make a fool out of

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)

1. (transitive) To cause (someone) to seem foolish.

   Synonyms: make a monkey of, make a monkey out of

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 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 Swedish: göra till åtlöje (sv), göra bort (sv) Tagalog: magmukhang-tanga