English-Spanish translations for clown

• payaso
  El pueblo cubano no necesita payasos pasados de moda ni cómplices que le rían las gracias. The Cuban people do not need outmoded clowns or accomplices who laugh along with them.
  Una ofensiva que era ilógica e imprudente llevó a la derrota total del ejército de payasos de Saakashvili. An offensive that was illogical and unwise led to the total defeat of Saakashvili's army of clowns.
  - (PL) Señor Presidente, todos sabemos que los puestos de bufón y payaso de la corte existieron en épocas pasadas. - (PL) Mr President, we all know that the positions of court jester and clown existed in times gone by.
• clon
• payasa
• clown

Definition of clown

• A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig
• A person who acts in a silly fashion
• A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor
• One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl; a yokel
• To act in a silly or playful fashion

Related words

• clownery
• clownfish
• clowning
• clownish
• clownlike
• clowness
• Clowne
• clown around
• clown world