rir

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin rīdēre, present active infinitive of rīdeō (“I laugh”).

Verb

rir (first-person singular indicative present ro, past participle ríu)

1. to laugh

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• risa

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riːr/, [ʁiːˀɐ̯], [ʁiɐ̯ˀ]

Verb

rir or rier

1. (deprecated template usage) present of ri

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese riir, from Latin rīdēre, present active infinitive of rīdeō (“I laugh”).

Verb

1. (intransitive or pronominal) to laugh
2. Template:indtr to laugh at; to make fun of

Related terms

• risa
• sorrir
• riseiro

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

rir

1. (deprecated template usage) present of ri

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

rir

1. present of ri

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Palauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rir/

Noun

rir

1. fallen leaves of the betel palm

Derived terms

• merir (“yellow”)

References

• rir in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• rir in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• rir in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 293.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese riir, from Latin rīdēre, present active infinitive of rīdeō (“I laugh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁiɾ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈʁi(ʁ)/

Verb

1. Template:indtr to laugh (to express mirth or derision by emitting chuckling sounds)

   Passei horas rindo.

   I spent hours laughing.

   Rimos muito daquele filme.

   We laughed a lot at that film.

2. Template:indtr to laugh at; to make fun of (to make an object of ridicule)

   As pessoas apontam e riem de mim.

   People point and laugh at me.

3. (intransitive, poetic) to laugh (to be or appear mirthful)

   O dia ri.

   The day laughs.

Related terms

• riso
• sorrir

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Surmiran) reir
• (Vallader) rier

Etymology

From Latin rīdēre, present active infinitive of rīdeō (“I laugh”).

Verb

rir

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter) to laugh