noun
podvala
a hoax, a trick played on someone (a cellar is podrum)
розыгрыш, подстава (глагол podvaliti; не «подвал» — подвал это podrum)
With stress
pȍdvala
In Cyrillic
подвала
In phrasebooks
Next to it in the phrasebook
- zȅzānjekidding around (colloquial; bez zezanja — no kidding)
- dòsetkaa witticism, a quip (from dosetiti se, to hit on an idea)
- vȉcjoke (pričati vic — to tell a joke)
- ìgra réčīwordplay, a pun
- sarkàzamsarcasm (irony is the milder ironija)
- smejùrijaa hoot; also something laughably poor (colloquial)
- štȏsa gag; also the point or trick of something (colloquial)
- šálaa joke (neutral; a joke as a genre is vic)
- šáliti seto joke (neutral; colloquially zezati se)
- duhòvitwitty