Mofa

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n. moped, small motorbike

n. mockery, ridicule, jeer, taunt

v. mock, scoff, jeer

n. jeer, mock; mockery, ridicule; raillery; scoff

v. mold; flout, jeer, scoff

= ridicule, mockery, taunt, jeer.
Ex: Sometimes running the gauntlet of criticism and ridicule allows an opportunity for defending oneself.
Ex: Their disparagement of female emancipation & feminism borders on mockery.
Ex: Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.
Ex: Members of congress paid more attention to each other than to the president, responding with partisan jeers and cheers.
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* mofa de = thumbing of the nose at.

= mock.
Ex: They laughed and screeched and mocked as long as I went on swearing.
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* mofarse = sneer, scoff, jeer, snicker, snigger.
* mofarse de = make + a joke about, ridicule, make + mockery of, poke + fun at, thumb + Posesivo + nose at.