No. 4,596 in French
moquer
To mock or make fun of.
In a sentence
Il aime se moquer des situations absurdes.
He likes to mock absurd situations.
In this sentence, 'moquer' is used reflexively ('se moquer') to indicate the act of making fun of or mocking something.
Elle s'est moquée de mon accent.
She made fun of my accent.
Here, 'moquer' is again reflexive and used to express mocking someone directly, showing a personal situation.
Pour que cela reste amical, il ne faut pas se moquer des autres.
To keep it friendly, one must not mock others.
In this case, 'moquer' is employed in a reflexive, prescriptive sense to imply the importance of refraining from mocking behaviors in social contexts.
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