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reír
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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rīdīre (with dissimilation?), from Latin rīdēre. The perfect system and past participle were changed; the expected preterite indicative would be *rese or *rise with the expected past participle being *reso or *riso.
Pronunciation
Verb
reír (first-person singular present río, first-person singular preterite reí, past participle reído)
- (transitive, reflexive) to laugh
- ¿De qué te ríes?
- What are you laughing at?
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
- reír a boca llena
- reírse a carcajadas (“to laugh out loud”)
Related terms
Further reading
- “reír”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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