clown

a performer at a circus or party who wears funny clothes and makeup, tells jokes, and does silly things to make people laugh

payaso, bufón

• be a clown

Collocations clown around · a circus clown

• He's always clowning around.

  Siempre está haciendo el payaso.

a person who behaves in a silly or foolish way, especially to make other people laugh

payaso, bufón

• be like a clown

Collocations act like a clown · a real-life clown

• He's acting like a complete clown.

  Está actuando como un completo payaso.

a picture or image of a person dressed as a clown, often used to represent something silly or foolish

imagen de payaso, dibujo de payaso

• be like a clown

Collocations clown image · a clown logo

• The company uses a clown as its logo.

  La empresa utiliza una imagen de payaso como su logotipo.