Burlador
/buɾ.laˈðoɾ/noun
A Spanish word meaning a mocker, deceiver, or seducer, especially associated with Don Juan.
Did you know?The word became internationally famous through Tirso de Molina’s 17th-century play *El burlador de Sevilla*, one of the earliest major literary versions of the Don Juan legend.
Etymological Timeline
Medieval Spanish
Spanish
burlar
“To mock, deceive, trick, or evade”
Medieval Spanish
Spanish
burla
“A joke, mockery, trick, or deception”
Medieval Spanish
Spanish
-dor
“An agent-forming suffix meaning “one who does something””
Early Modern Spanish
Spanish
burlador
“A mocker, deceiver, or one who tricks others”
1630s
Spanish
El burlador de Sevilla
““The Mocker of Seville,” the title of Tirso de Molina’s play”
Modern English
English loanword
burlador
“A literary or cultural reference to Don Juan, the archetypal seducer and deceiver”