noun
šala
a joke (neutral; a joke as a genre is vic)
шутка (нейтрально; na šalu — в шутку; анекдот как жанр — vic)
With stress
šála
In Cyrillic
шала
In phrasebooks
Appears in lessons
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)
- pȍdvalaa hoax, a trick played on someone (a cellar is podrum)
- štȏsa gag; also the point or trick of something (colloquial)
- šáliti seto joke (neutral; colloquially zezati se)
- duhòvitwitty