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reír

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See also: reir and réir

Spanish

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /reˈiɾ/ [reˈiɾ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: re‧ír

Verb

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reír (first-person singular present río, first-person singular preterite reí, past participle reído)

  1. (transitive, often reflexive) to laugh [with de ‘at, about’]
    ¿De qué te ríes?
    What are you laughing at/about?

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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