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sonreír
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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish sonreir, from Vulgar Latin *subrīdīre, from Latin subrīdēre. Compare Portuguese sorrir, Galician sorrir.
Pronunciation
Verb
sonreír (first-person singular present sonrío, first-person singular preterite sonreí, past participle sonreído)
- (intransitive) to smile
- sonreírle a alguien ― to smile at someone
- Le encanta cuando le sonríes. ― He loves it when you smile at him.
- 1902, Amado Nervo, "Y el Buda de basalto sonreía" 1-4:
- Aquella tarde, en la alameda, loca
de amor, la dulce idolatrada mía
me ofreció la eglantina de su boca.
Y el Buda de basalto sonreía.- That afternoon, in the poplar grove, as she was crazy
in love, the sweet woman I idolized
offered me the sweetbrier of her mouth.
And the basalt Buddha smiled.
- That afternoon, in the poplar grove, as she was crazy
- Aquella tarde, en la alameda, loca
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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Further reading
- “sonreír”, 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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