Laugh
To laugh out loud; use this for a big, hearty laugh.
To be funny or to make someone laugh, used to describe the cause of laughter.
To smile; this is a silent action, different from an audible laugh.
The baby laughs a lot.
Why are you laughing?
The joke is very good and it makes me laugh.
My friends laugh out loud at the movie.
The verb 'reírse' is universally understood. The standard written representation of laughter in Spanish is 'jajaja', where the 'j' is pronounced like the English 'h'.
In Spain, a common idiom for laughing a lot is 'partirse de risa' (to split with laughter). They also use the 'vosotros' form: 'vosotros os reís'.
The expression 'morirse de la risa' (to die of laughter) is extremely common for something hilarious.
A frequent expression is 'matarse de la risa,' which literally means 'to kill oneself with laughter' and is used like 'dying of laughter'.
People often exclaim '¡Qué risa!' (How funny! or What a laugh!) to react to something amusing.
Confusing 'reírse' (to laugh) with 'sonreír' (to smile). 'Reírse' almost always involves sound, while 'sonreír' is silent.
Forgetting the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos). In everyday speech, it's much more natural to say 'Yo me río' (I laugh) than just 'Yo río'. The reflexive pronoun is standard for this action.
Mispronouncing 'reír'. The vowels 'e' and 'í' are pronounced as two separate syllables: 'reh-EER', not blended into one sound. The accent on the 'í' tells you where the stress goes.
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